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16 December 1965 (USA) moreTagline:
BRACE YOURSELF FOR GREATNESS morePlot:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Claire Bloom to star in 'Doctor Who?' (From digitalspy. 29 April 2009, 8:14 AM, PDT)
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Grim, just as it should be moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Burton | ... | Alec Leamas | |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Nan Perry | |
| Oskar Werner | ... | Fiedler | |
| Sam Wanamaker | ... | Peters | |
| George Voskovec | ... | East German Defense Attorney | |
| Rupert Davies | ... | George Smiley | |
| Cyril Cusack | ... | Control | |
| Peter van Eyck | ... | Hans-Dieter Mundt (as Peter Van Eyck) | |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Ashe | |
| Robert Hardy | ... | Dick Carlton | |
| Bernard Lee | ... | Patmore | |
| Beatrix Lehmann | ... | Tribunal President | |
| Esmond Knight | ... | Old Judge | |
| Tom Stern | ... | CIA Agent | |
| Niall MacGinnis | ... | German Checkpoint Guard |
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112 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | Australia:M | Norway:16 | Netherlands:12 | West Germany:12 (f) (cut version) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Canada:PG | UK:PG | USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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David Lodge says in his memoirs he had disastrous interview with Martin Ritt for the part of Patmore. moreQuotes:
Ashe: [Approaching Leamas who is sitting on a bench] Do you like birds? The ones with the white collars are wild. The others are domesticated. With people it's the other way around.Alec Leamas: [He snickers]
Ashe: Bird-watching's one of my hobbies. I often come here.
Alec Leamas: Do you also often come to Wormwood Scrubs Prison at eight o'clock in the morning to watch birds?
Ashe: Yes, jailbirds. They're my other hobby.
Alec Leamas: Only the young ones, surely!
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I read the book about three years ago and was prepared to be disappointed with the feature as it's a grim book and I thought they'd soften it a little, the movie is excellent though, they made a couple of changes but all for the best, anyone who thinks spying was/is a glamorous occupation should check the film out, LeCarre actually worked as a spy too which adds weight to his dark and realistic (in my opinion)view of this filthy job. My favourite feature of the film is the contempt with which each of the communist spies treats his inferiors as the chain of command is followed, it's a beautiful touch which I don't remember from the book, and by the time Leamass starts laughing at it I was right there with him. I loved this film and can't recommend it enough, Burton is brilliant, some of his cold stares as things start going bad are magnificent, and of course he plays a great drunk... it's a nice script too.