Movie Type: Unglamorized Spy Film, Political Thriller
Themes: Political Corruption, Behind the Iron Curtain, Totalitarian States
Main Cast: Robert Urquhart, Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers, Anthony Hopkins, Susan George
Release Year: 1969
Country: UK
Run Time: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In this Cold War espionage-thriller, adapted from the novel of John Le Carre, two veteran British intelligence operatives, Leclerc (Ralph Richardson) and Haldane (Paul Rogers), recruit a young Polish defector (Christopher Jones) to check on some missiles in East Germany. Avery (Anthony Hopkins) is the British agent assigned to help him to cross the East German border. Once behind the Iron Curtain, the recruit meets a sympathetic German girl (Pia Degermark) who tries to help him to evade the East German secret police and to complete his assignment. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
Maxine Audley - Babs Leclerc; Guy Deghy - Fritsche; John Franklin - Pine; Frederick Jaeger - Captain Lansen; Sylvia Langova - East German Woman; Anna Massey - Avery's Wife; Ray McAnally - Starr; Vivian Pickles - Mrs. King; Michael Robbins - Truck Driver; Cyril Shaps - East German Detective; Peter Swanwick - Peerson; Robert Urquhart - Johnson; Timothy West - Taylor; Russell Lewis - Avery's Child; Paul Maxwell - CIA Man; Patrick Wright - Vopo; Jerry Hyman; Ernst Walder - Radio Engineer; Angela Down - Chelsea Girl; Alan McClelland - Doctor; David Scheuer - Russian Officer; Robert Wilde - English Policeman
Credit
Terence Marsh - Art Director, Dinah Greet - Costume Designer, David Tringham - First Assistant Director, Frank Pierson - Director, Willy Kemplen - Editor, Wally Stott - Composer (Music Score), Ernest Gasser - Makeup, Terence Marsh - Production Designer, Austin Dempster - Cinematographer, Mike J. Frankovich - Producer, John Box - Producer, John Cox - Sound/Sound Designer, Frank Pierson - Screenwriter, John Le Carré - Book Author
