John Irvin - 1979
cast: Alec Guinness, Bernard Hepton, Ian Richardson, Terence Rigby, Michael Aldridge, Ian Bannen, Beryl Reid
camera: Tony Pierce-Roberts
screenplay: Arthur Hopcraft
source: novel by John le Carré
music: Geoffrey Burgon
country of origin: Great Britain
There is evidence that one of the men in the senior ranks of British intelligence is a Russian spy. George Smiley, recently retired, is asked to find him without official cooperation. He connects with a few trusted operatives from his own past and proceeds to investigate a labyrinth of espionage and counter-espionage. Dark drama.