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John Le Carre's follow up to the highly acclaimed TINKER, TAILER, SOLDIER, SPY sees shy espionage expert George Smiley coming out of retirement yet again to investigate enemy filtration in his old department. Alec Guinness reprises his superb, definitive nuanced role as Smiley in this masterful Cold War thriller. Read more
| Starring | Alec Guinness, Mario Adorf, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate |
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| Director | Simon Langton |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
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John Le Carre's follow up to the highly acclaimed TINKER, TAILER, SOLDIER, SPY sees shy espionage expert George Smiley coming out of retirement yet again to investigate enemy filtration in his old department. Alec Guinness reprises his superb, definitive nuanced role as Smiley in this masterful Cold War thriller.
| Starring | Alec Guinness, Mario Adorf, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate, Michael Byrne, Barry Foster, Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Elphick, Barry Fost |
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| Director | Simon Langton |
| Studio | BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING |
| Run time | DVD: 5 hrs 37 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1982 To Rent: DVD: 28 Jun 2004 |
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Drama at its best.
If you liked Tinker,Tailor , you will thoroughly enjoy this, Alec Guiness is superb as usual. Good story and fist class entertainment.
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Dated But Still Brilliant
For me, the facial expressions of Alec Guinness made this spy thriller for me and although it was made quite some time ago it has stood the test of time.
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smiley's people
Excellent spy thriller series,full of twists and turns. Alec Guinnes a true legend is brillant. Led by a great cast. The follow up to Tinker Tailor. BBC ... read more »
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THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE : REGRETABLY
John Le Carre's superb story brought to the screen with the talents of Alec Guinness and an absolutely wonderful cast will remain forever among the world... read more »
Oscar nominee Gary Oldman is hoping to reprise his role as a spy in a sequel to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The actor landed a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of intelligence officer George Smiley in the espionage thriller, and reveals he's open to bringing the character back to the big screen for an adaptation of another one of author John le Carre's novels. He tells The Sun on Sunday, "They are talking about doing Smiley's People, which is the third book in the trilogy,... Read more