TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (1979)

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• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Drama, Foreign, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: No doubt remains, a mole has infiltrated the Circus, code name for the British Secret Intelligence Service. It can be only one of four men operating at the very highest level. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a painstaking dig through the double-blind world of Cold War era espionage and his own past. Alec Guinness brilliantly captures the weary heart and steely soul of John lé Carre’s master spy in an intricate drama hailed as one of the finest ever made for television. ; ; Also starring Ian Richardson, Michael Aldridge, Joss Ackland, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett and Anthony Bate.; ;
• Cast: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Bernard Hepton, Ian Richardson, Hywel Bennett, Terence Rigby, Ian Bannen, Michael Aldridge, Alec Sabin, Alexander Knox, Duncan Jones, Daniel Beecher, Joss Ackland, John Wells, Frank Compton, Frank Moorey, Robert MacNeil, John Irvin, John le Carré, Arthur Hopcraft, Jonathan Powell
• Director: John Irvin
• Runtime: 5:24
• Company: Paramont Television, BBC Television, Acorn Media Group
• Media Format: Series