Based on the novel by John Le Carre; dramatized by Arthur Hopcraft. Alec Guinness (George Smiley), Ian Richardson, Michael Aldridge, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, and Anthony Bate. DVD release of the 1980 miniseries. Special features: Digitally remastered, interview with John le Carré, production notes, cast filmographies, and le Carré biography and booklist.
Summary:
Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after the Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the 'Circus' without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground.
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