Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Overview

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

Cast

Alec Guinness

George Smiley

Michael Jayston

Peter Guillam

Anthony Bate

Oliver Lacon

George Sewell

Mendel

Bernard Hepton

Toby Esterhase

Ian Richardson

Bill Haydon

Hywel Bennett

Ricki Tarr

Terence Rigby

Roy Bland

Ian Bannen

Jim Prideaux

Michael Aldridge

Percy Alleline