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  1. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold is a 1965 British spy film based on the 1963 novel of the same name by John le Carré. The film stars Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. It was directed by Martin Ritt, and the screenplay was written by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper.

  2. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker. Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.

    • (19K)
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Martin Ritt
    • 1965-12-16
  3. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British agent, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer.

    • John le Carré
    • 1963
  4. At the height of the Cold War, British spy Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) is nearly ready to retire, but first he has to take on one last dangerous assignment. Going deep undercover, he poses as...

    • (21)
    • Richard Burton
    • Martin Ritt
    • Mystery & Thriller, Drama
  5. Martin Ritt’s 1965 movie of John le Carré’s first great novel (and first best seller), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, declares “a plague on all your houses” to capitalists, Communists, and ruthless intelligence operatives.

    • Alec Leamas
  6. Where the Bond series is a fetishisation of British Intelligence, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is the actuality. Not just the blueprint for Tomas Alfredson’s approach to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (another John le Carré adaptation), but an all-round foundational exercise in restraint.

  7. In West Berlin in the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Alec Leamas is a spy in charge of British Intelligence operations in the city. However, his operatives have been hunted down and killed by Mundt, the head of East German counter-espionage.