Spy Who Came In From Cold/Dvd - Criterion Collection - DVD
John Le Carris acclaimed bestselling novel about a Cold War spy on one final, dangerous mission is every bit as precise and ruthless on-screen in this adaptation directed by Martin Ritt. Richard Burton delivers one of his -defining performances as Alec Leamas, whose hesitant but deeply felt relationship with a beautiful librarian (Claire Bloom) puts what he hopes will be his last assignment, in East Germany, in jeopardy. An intelligent, hard-edged, and even tragic thriller, THE SPY THAT CAME IN FROM THE COLD is etched with realism and suffused with genuine political and personal anxiety. Special features includes: interviews, "The Secret Center: John Le Carre" - a BBC documentary about he author's extraordinary life and work, gallery of set designs, a booklet and more. (1965)
Product Attributes: Action / Adventure, Anne Blake, Beatrix Lehmann, Bernard Lee, Claire Bloom, Criterion Collection, Cyril Cusack, David Bauer, Edward Harvey, Esmond Knight, George Mikell, George Voskovec, Guy Troper, John Le Carr, Katherine Keeton, Marianne Deeming, Martin Ritt, Michael Hordern, Michael Ripper, Michael Ritterman, Nancy Nevinson, Niall MacGinnis, Oskar Werner, Paul Dehn, Peter Van Eyck, Richard Burton, Richard Caldicot, Richard Marner, Robert Hardy, Rupert Davies, Sam Wanamaker, Scot Finch, Sol Kaplan, Steve Plytas, Tom Stern, Walter Gotell, Warren Mitchell