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...
