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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.
Keywords
library
spy
cold war
grocer
iron curtain
cynicism
whiskey
atheist
tribunal
black and white
love affair
double cross
alcoholic
filing
credit
exhilarated
Casts
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
Michael Hordern
Ashe
Robert Hardy
Dick Carlton
Bernard Lee
Patmore
Beatrix Lehmann
Tribunal President
Esmond Knight
Old Judge
Niall MacGinnis
German Checkpoint Guard
Scot Finch
German Guide
Anne Blake
Miss Crail
George Mikell
German Checkpoint Guard
Richard Marner
Vopo Captain
Warren Mitchell
Mr. Zanfrello
Steve Plytas
East German Judge
Tom Stern
CIA Agent
Graham Armitage
Pawson (uncredited)
David Bauer
Young Judge (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot
Mr. Pitt - Employment Officer (uncredited)
Marianne Deeming
Frau Floerdke (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
Holten (uncredited)
Edward Harvey
Man in Shop (uncredited)
Geoffrey Keen
British Sentry (Sgt.) at Checkpoint Charlie (uncredited)
Katherine Keeton
Pussywillow Club Stripper (uncredited)
Philip Madoc
Young German Officer (uncredited)
Henk Molenberg
Dutch Customs Officer (uncredited)
Nancy Nevinson
Mrs. Zanfrello - Grocery Customer (uncredited)
John Quentin
Pawson (uncredited)
Michael Ripper
Lofthouse - Library Assistant (uncredited)
Michael Rittermann
Security Officer (uncredited)
Richard Shaw
Guard (uncredited)
Terry Yorke
Karl Riemeck (uncredited)
Crews
Martin Ritt
Director
John le Carré
Novel
Paul Dehn
Screenplay
Guy Trosper
Screenplay
Martin Ritt
Producer
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Anthony Harvey
Editor
Edward Marshall
Art Direction
Tambi Larsen
Production Design
Hal Pereira
Production Design
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Sophie Devine
Costume Supervisor
Eric Allwright
Makeup Artist
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Joan Smallwood
Hairstylist
James H. Ware
Production Manager
Wim Lindner
Production Manager
John Cox
Sound Recordist
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Sol Kaplan
Original Music Composer
Barbara Gillett
Wardrobe Master
Sophie Devine
Costume Designer
Colin M. Brewer
Assistant Director
Josie MacAvin
Set Dresser
Gordon Daniel
ADR Editor
Brian West
Camera Operator
Backdrops & Posters
