1 DVD by Universal in 2009 as part of their print-on-demand "Vault Series." It was later included in Universal's 2016 DVD box-set Kirk Douglas: The Centennial Collection. It is also available on an Australian PAL DVD distributed by Umbrella Entertainment. An original soundtrack recording of the Jerry Goldsmith score was released in 2014 by Varèse Sarabande. In popular culture Beyond Our Ken played on the title of "Messenger" in its ‘film worth remembering, which is more than can he said for the next half hour’ at the start of the fourth programme in the seventh series, first broadcast on 15 December 1963. Get Smart featured a 1970 parody of this movie called The Mess of Adrian Listenger starring Pat Paulsen in which secret agents named on a list are methodically eliminated. The episode title itself is an anagram of the movie title. The plot of The Internecine Project is a variation on that of Messenger. A man about to be promoted to government advisor must clear his history of how he got there. The plot of Red is also a variation on that of Messenger. A man coming into prominence plots to bump off old associates. The plot of the Sidney Lumet film Q&A similarly turns on a rising politician who uses a corrupt cop to eliminate people who knew him in his days as a street gang leader and killer. References External links 1963 films 1960s mystery films Bryna Productions films Films based on British novels Films based on mystery novels Films directed by John Huston 1960s English-language films Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith American serial killer films Universal Pictures films 1960s American films