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John Le Carris acclaimed bestselling novel about a Cold War spy on one final, dangerous mission is every bit as precise and ruthless on-screen in this adaptation directed by Martin Ritt. Richard Burton delivers one of his -defining performances as Alec Leamas, whose hesitant but deeply felt relationship with a beautiful librarian (Claire Bloom) puts what he hopes will be his last assignment, in East Germany, in jeopardy. An intelligent, hard-edged, and even tragic thriller, THE SPY THAT CAME IN FROM THE COLD is etched with realism and suffused with genuine political and personal anxiety. Special features includes: interviews, "The Secret Center: John Le Carre" - a BBC documentary about he author's extraordinary life and work, gallery of set designs, a booklet and more. (1965)
Starring: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Katherine Keeton, Michael Ritterman, Peter Van Eyck, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Robert Hardy, Bernard Lee, Beatrix Lehmann, Esmond Knight, Walter Gotell, Tom Stern, Niall MacGinnis, George Mikell, Scot Finch, Richard Caldicot, Marianne Deeming, Michael Ripper, Richard Marner, David Bauer, Steve Plytas, Anne Blake, Edward Harvey, Nancy Nevinson, Warren Mitchell
Director: Martin Ritt
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