Not much of his screenplay made it to the final film, but the producers enjoyed working with Deighton.
But Palmer and Bond couldnt have less in common.
Theyre both suave British secret agents, but the similarities end there.
Their personalities and the tone of their respective movies are completely different.
Palmers stories are the opposite of Bonds in every way.
Whereas the Bond movies offered lighthearted escapism,the Palmer movies offered gritty realism.
Whereas Bond is characterized as posh and upper-class,Palmer is a working-class hero.
And its a shame, because the Palmer series had so much potential beyond that initial trilogy.
If the Palmer series had been more successful, it couldve done the same.
If the Palmer series had been more successful, it couldve done the same.
The most successful recent Palmer movies have been unofficial adaptations with Caine reprising the role under a different name.
The 1992 thrillerBlue Icecast Caine as an ex-spy named Harry Anders, who shared all of Palmers defining characteristics.
