Smiley's People

Overview

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.

Seasons

Miniseries

6 episodes

Cast

Alec Guinness

George Smiley

Anthony Bate

Oliver Lacon

Beryl Reid

Connie Sachs

Andy Bradford

Ferguson

Tusse Silberg

Alexandra Ostrakova

Germaine Delbat

Madame La Pierre

Mario Adorf

Claus Kretzschmar

Michael Lonsdale

Anton Grigoriev

Michael Gough

Mikhel

Alan Rickman

Mr. Brownlow