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Directed by Simon Langton and produced by Jonathan Powell, it is the television adaptation of the 1979 spy novel Smiley's People by John le Carré, and a sequel to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (missing out the second book in the trilogy, The Honourable Schoolboy, which was not filmed for cost reasons).
Smiley's People: With Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson, Vladek Sheybal. The murder of a Soviet defector forces his old handler, British spymaster George Smiley, out of retirement. His investigation leads to an old nemesis, the Soviet spymaster known only as "Karla".
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Feb 13, 2022 · Watch the six-part adaptation of John Le Carre's spy novel, starring Alec Guinness as George Smiley. The series follows Smiley's investigation of a Soviet defector's murder and his confrontation with his old enemy, Karla.
- 327 min
May 28, 2017 · Smiley's People Episode 6. Audience Hoop. •. 460K views • 7 years ago. •. Share your videos with friends, family, and the world.
Oct 22, 2016 · Directed by Simon Langton, produced by Jonathan Powell, it is the television adaptation of the 1979 spy novel of the same name by John le Carré. Starring Alec Guinness, Michael Byrne,...
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Smiley's People was dramatized as a six-part serial for television for the BBC in 1982 as a sequel to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), again starring Alec Guinness as George Smiley. The screenplay was written by John le Carré and John Hopkins [5] and was directed by Simon Langton .
George Smiley is called out of retirement to conclude his career-long battle with the enigmatic and ruthless Russian spymaster Karla.
