Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Movie Review 1980

Guinness is brilliant as world-weary spy master George Smiley, who has been somewhat forcibly retired from British Intelligence, better known as "The Circus," after a change at the top. But when a mole is discovered operating at the very highest levels, Smiley is approached on the quiet to root him out without giving the game away. Complex and sometimes confusing espionage drama based on the novel by John Le Carre. Followed by "Smiley's People."

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 324 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: John Le Carre, Spies & Espionage, London, Betrayal

Screenplay

Arthur Hopcraft

Cast

Alec Guinness, Michael Aldridge, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Ian Richardson, Terence Rigby, Anthony Bate, Hywel Bennett, Michael Jayston, Joss Ackland, Warren Clarke, Beryl Reid, Sian Phillips, Patrick Stewart

Cinematography

Tony Pierce-Roberts

Director

John Irvin

Music

Geoffrey Burgon