

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
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.
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.


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
Alec Sabin
Fawn

Alexander Knox
Control

Siân Phillips
Ann Smiley