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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

290 mins

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genre(s):

DRAMA

SPY

THRILLER

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.

in 7 episodes

film poster

name	character
Joss Ackland	Jerry Westerby
Michael Aldridge	Percy Alleline
Ian Bannen	Jim Prideaux
Anthony Bate	Sir Oliver Lacon
Hywel Bennett	Ricki Tarr
Alec Guinness	George Smiley
Bernard Hepton	Toby Esterhase
Michael Jayston	Peter Guillam
Alexander Knox	Control
Ian Richardson	Bill Haydon
Terence Rigby	Roy Bland
Alec Sabin	Fawn
George Sewell	Mendel

name
John le Carré	writer (original)
Arthur Hopcraft	screenplay
John Irvin	director