Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Directed By:
Frances Alcock & John Irvin

Cast:
Alec Guinness .... George Smiley
Michael Jayston .... Peter Guillam
Anthony Bate .... Oliver Lacon
Bernard Hepton .... Toby Esterhase
Ian Richardson .... Bill Haydon
Ian Bannen .... Jim Prideaux
Hywel Bennett .... Ricki Tarr
Michael Aldridge .... Percy Alleline
Terence Rigby .... Roy Bland
Alexander Knox .... Control
George Sewell .... Mendel

Released: 1979

Who can spy on the spies? Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after a Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the "Circus" without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground...