A Dandy in Aspic is a 1968 Technicolor and Panavision British spy film, directed by Anthony Mann, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Derek Marlowe and starring Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, and Mia Farrow, with costumes by Pierre Cardin.

Set against the backdrop of 1960s Cold War Europe, it is the story of a spy known to his superiors in British Intelligence by his code name "Eberlin".

With the file's previous handlers dead, the British Secret Service, suspicious of Eberlin's constant presence, assigns him a new mission: to find and kill the Soviet assassin, Krasnevin, who is believed to be in West Berlin.

Assigned to work with Gatiss, an agent who distrusts Eberlin and harbors suspicions of his true allegiance, Krasnevin faces a delicate balancing act.

Assignment will leave a lingering sense of ambiguity, highlighting the slippery nature of truth and the moral grey areas of espionage.

Unidentified orchestra arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones including Carol Kaye (electric bass)[2] and Earl Palmer (drums).

[3] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "One wonders what Bresson might have made of Derek Marlowe's novel, which is in one way a completely routine spy thriller, and in another, anything but.

In a very real, Bressonian sense, the action takes place in Eberlin's mind, where exterior events are seen, as it were, through a glass darkly, imponderably adding to or subtracting from his chances of survival.

"[6] Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide rates the film 2 out of 4 stars and describes it as a "wooden spy melodrama in which principals keep switching sides so rapidly it becomes impossible to follow.