When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under surveillance. Soon, he’s recruited to infiltrate a missile installation outside of East Berlin and bring back photos of the new rockets.
Directed by Frank Pierson
based on novel or book
espionage
spy
east germany
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Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
Cast
Christopher Jones
Leiser
Pia Degermark
The Girl
Ralph Richardson
LeClerc
Anthony Hopkins
John Avery
Paul Rogers
Haldane
Susan George
Susan
Ray McAnally
Undersecretary of State
Robert Urquhart
Johnson
Vivian Pickles
Mrs. King
Anna Massey
Avery's Wife
Maxine Audley
Mrs LeClerc
Timothy West
Taylor
Crew
Frank Pierson
Director
Frank Pierson
Writer
John le Carré
Novel
Angela Morley
Music
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Mark
3.4★ · 05/21/25
Remove the novel’s biting satire of the British intelligence bureaucracy, incompetence, and nostalgia for wartime glory and what’s left? Wooden performances and pacing issues?
Remove the novel’s biting satire of the British intelligence bureaucracy, incompetence, and nostalgia for wartime glory and what’s left? Wooden performances and pacing issues?
