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A 1965 drama thriller based on John le Carré's novel about a British spy in East Germany. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, quotes, and more on IMDb.
- (18K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Martin Ritt
- 1965-12-16
United Kingdom. Language. English. Box office. $7,600,000. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold is a 1965 British spy film based on the 1963 novel of the same name by John le Carré. The film stars Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. It was directed by Martin Ritt, and the screenplay was written by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper.
- $7,600,000
- Sol Kaplan
- Martin Ritt
Oscar nominee Richard Burton is the burnt-out British agent who refuses to “come in from the cold” to take a desk job. 1,451 IMDb 7.5 1 h 52 min 1965. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Suspense · Downbeat · Tense. Available to rent or buy.
Rent The Spy Who Came in From the Cold on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. At the height of the Cold War, British spy Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) is ...
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- Richard Burton
- Martin Ritt
- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
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The Looking-Glass War. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British agent, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels Call for ...
- John le Carré
- 240 pages (Hardback edition) &, 240 pages (Paperback edition)
- 1963
- Spy novel
Synopsis. In West Berlin in the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Alec Leamas is a spy in charge of British Intelligence operations in the city. However, his operatives have been hunted down and killed by Mundt, the head of East German counter-espionage. Leamas himself is present at Checkpoint Charlie near the Berlin Wall when he ...
