actor

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

76 %|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
Creator
John le Carré
Creator
Arthur Hopcraft
Creator
Geoffrey Burgon
Creator
Chris Wimble
Creator
Clare Douglas
Creator
Austen Spriggs
Creator
Joyce Mortlock
Creator

Cast

actor
Siân Phillips
Ann Smiley
actor
Alec Guinness
George Smiley
actor
Michael Jayston
Peter Guillam
actor
Anthony Bate
Oliver Lacon
actor
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
actor
Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
actor
Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
actor
Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
actor
Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
actor
Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
actor
Beryl Reid
Connie Sachs
actor
Joss Ackland
Jerry Westerby
actor
Thorley Walters
Tufty Thessinger
actor
John Standing
Sam Collins