10/09/1979
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Alec Guinness
as George Smiley
Michael Jayston
as Peter Guillam
Anthony Bate
as Oliver Lacon
George Sewell
as Mendel
Bernard Hepton
as Toby Esterhase
Ian Richardson
as Bill Haydon
Hywel Bennett
as Ricki Tarr
Terence Rigby
as Roy Bland
Ian Bannen
as Jim Prideaux
Michael Aldridge
as Percy Alleline
Alec Sabin
as Fawn
Alexander Knox
as Control
Siân Phillips
as Ann Smiley
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