The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

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.

Cast

Richard Burton

as Alec Leamas

Claire Bloom

as Nan Perry

Oskar Werner

as Fiedler

Sam Wanamaker

as Peters

George Voskovec

as East German Defense Attorney

Rupert Davies

as George Smiley

Cyril Cusack

as Control

Peter van Eyck

as Hans-Dieter Mundt

Michael Hordern

as Ashe

Robert Hardy

as Dick Carlton

Reviews

John Chard

Frosty reception assured. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is directed by Martin Ritt and adapted to screenplay by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper from the novel of the same name written by John le Carré. It stars Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Peter van Eyck, Sam Wanamaker, Rupert Davies...

Wuchak

**_Talky, brooding B&W spy drama during the Cold War with Richard Burton_** In the early ’60s, an alcoholic British intelligence agent (Richard Burton) is sent behind the Iron Curtain to East Germany disguised as a defector, but intending to spread disinformation. Based on the 1963 novel by J...

CinemaSerf

There's an authenticity about the performance from Richard Burton in this cold war thriller that, alongside some well paced direction from Martin Ritt really helps it hit home. His character ("Leamas") is assigned one final task, to deal with the duplicitous Peter van Eyck ("Mundt") who appears to b...

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