The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
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Cast
as Alec Leamas
as Nan Perry
as Fiedler
as Control
as Hans-Dieter Mundt
as Peters
as East German Defense Attorney
as Smiley
as Ashe
as Carlton
as Patmore
as President of Tribunal
as Old Judge
as Holten

as CIA Agent
as German Checkpoint Guard
as German Checkpoint Guard

as German Guide

as Stripper

as Mr. Pitt

as Frau Floerdke

as Lofthouse

as Passport Officer
as Vopo Captain

as Young Judge

as East German Judge

as Miss Crail

as Security Officer

as Man in the Shop

as Mrs. Zanfrello
as Mr. Zanfrello

as Young German Officer
Critic Reviews for The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (2) | DVD (6)
An excellent contemporary espionage drama of the Cold War which achieves solid impact via emphasis on human values, total absence of mechanical spy gimmickry, and perfectly controlled underplaying.
What finally impresses, however, is the sheer seediness of so much of the film, with characters, buildings, and landscapes lent convincingly grubby life by Oswald Morris' excellent monochrome camera-work.

The film makes you believe it could have happened. And that's the remarkable thing.
Grim, monotonous, and rather facile, though Richard Burton's aging agent has some honest poignancy.
This pitch-perfect adaptation of John le Carré's best-seller captures the Cold War in all its chilly complexity ... Burton delivers a towering performance that's second only to his turn in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as the finest of his career.
Self-consciously dour where the James Bond movies were insouciantly callous.
Audience Reviews for The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
This film's entire existence is merely as an real world answer to the James Bond craze prevalent in its day and then simply to say: "that's not true." Well what is the truth then? Sad little men sulking in shadows, lying to everyone, especially themselves. Burton is really good as one of the men, a guy who hates himself playing a guy who hates himself playing a guy who hates himself. Its really grim but good.
Super Reviewer
Stunning and rich visuals, but the storyline really drags in many parts of the film.

Super Reviewer
decent thriller, full of espionage and counter-espionage. Richard Burton is the ingredient that makes this film work.
Super Reviewer
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