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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

75 %|Sep 10, 1979|War & Politics, Drama, Mystery

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

Tony Pierce-Roberts
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Arthur Hopcraft
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John le Carré
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Geoffrey Burgon
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Malcolm Webberley
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Chris Wimble
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Clare Douglas
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Joyce Mortlock
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Cast

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Alec Guinness
George Smiley
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Michael Jayston
Peter Guillam
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Anthony Bate
Oliver Lacon
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Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
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Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
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Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
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Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
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Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
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Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
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Siân Phillips
Ann Smiley