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.
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Richard Burton | Alec Leamas |
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Claire Bloom | Nancy 'Nan' Perry |
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Oskar Werner | Fiedler |
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Sam Wanamaker | Peters |
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George Voskovec | Comrade Karden - Defense Attorney |
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Rupert Davies | George Smiley |
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Cyril Cusack | Control |
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Peter van Eyck | Hans-Dieter Mundt |
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Michael Hordern | Ashe |
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Robert Hardy | Dick Carlton |
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Bernard Lee | Mr. Patmore - Grocer |
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Beatrix Lehmann | Tribunal President |
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Esmond Knight | Old Judge |
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Tom Stern | CIA Agent |
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Niall MacGinnis | Checkpoint Charlie Guard |
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Scott Finch | German Guide |
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Anne Blake | Miss Crail |
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George Mikell | Checkpoint Charlie Guard |
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Richard Marner | Vopo Captain |
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Warren Mitchell | Mr. Zanfrello - Grocery Customer |
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Steve Plytas | East German Judge |
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Graham Armitage | Pawson |
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David Bauer | Young Judge |
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Richard Caldicot | Mr. Pitt - Employment Officer |
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Marianne Deeming | Frau Floerdke |
Director | Martin Ritt |
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Writer | John Le Carré, Paul Dehn, Guy Trosper | |
Producer | Martin Ritt | |
Musician | Sol Kaplan | |
Photography | Oswald Morris |