Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 | Thriller | UK | Created by Arthur Hopcraft, from John le Carre
Overview
Alec Guinness became George Smiley across seven hours of chess pace tradecraft: no gunfights, betrayal as office politics. The Circus, Moscow Centre, and the mole hunt. John le Carre cold war made human and patient. PBS airings made it an event and proved tv could carry a great novel whole. Guinness repeated the role in Smiley People in 1982.
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