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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold [1965] | ![The Spy Who Came In From The Cold [1965]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417CBJTYC7L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: Video
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 7056
Format: Hifi Sound, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 780063491631
EAN: 0780063491631
ASIN: B00004CQYE
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1965
Release Date: September 11, 1995
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 A captivating and complex Cold War spy drama April 26, 2006
Darren Harrison (Washington D.C.)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Based on the novel by the acclaimed British author John Le Carre (who gave us the excellent SMILEY'S PEOPLE and the less steller CONSTANT GARDENER) this bleak look at Cold War espionage is actually compulsive viewing. I started watching the movie late one night fully expecting to stop about halfway through yet, there I was at 1 a.m. still transfixed at the unfolding drama.
Starring Richard Burton in perhaps one of his most impressive roles and co-starring Burton's one-time girlfriend the entrancing Claire Bloom, this movie is a complex, intricately woven movie that keeps one guessing. It starts in Germany and ends in Germany with stops in England and Holland inbetween. Burton plays Alec Leamas, a former head of British intelligence in Berlin who poses as a washed up agent as a means of implanting seeds of doubt about the loyalty of a communist spy in the minds of that spy's superiors. After beating up a grocer he is approached by East German intelligence and persuaded to "defect" to the East. Once there during the debriefing stage he begins to lay subtle clues in the hope that they will be picked up by the authorities, who will then p[iece together the clues and come to the conclusion that one of their star agents is a traitor. Sounds simple enough right?! Well, all is not as it seems and the real motive behind Leamas' ruse is one of those twists you don't see coming until it's too late.
Burton is ably supported by a brilliant supporting cast, from the aforementioned Bloom to Michael Horden as Ashe, a gay communist agent, Sam Wanamaker as Peters, Oskar Werner as the ambitious Fiedler and Robert Hardy as Dick Carlton to name just a few.
Released in 1965, this movie was made at a time when color was available for use, however the makers decided (wisely) to film it in black and white, a decision which really helps build atmosphere and drama.
I recommend this movie to everyone who likes complex plotting and espionage thrillers.
Operation rolling stone May 20, 2004
ilyushin (usa)
2 out of 22 found this review helpful
London's bloodiest plan. Before he was evil and my enemy, now he is evil and my friend. Spies are not moral philosophers talking about God and Karl Marx.
A superb performance by Richard Burton November 12, 2001
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is one of the best on-screen performances by Richard Burton. Cast in the role of Alec Leamas - a disillusioned alcoholic spy - Burton's peformance will sweep you off your feet. It earned him a nomination for the Best actor award. The camera handling is equally brilliant.
 the story is there but where are the climaxes? June 29, 2001
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
What disappoints in this film is that the story (the best written by Le Carré) is all there, but it is unable to excite you the same way as the book. It is a mild achievement without any climax.
john le carre's potent account of a cold war spy's existence February 13, 2001
craigandchris2001@yahoo.co.uk (UNITED KINGDOM)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
The first film to show the dirty,squalid side of spying'as opposed to the luxury world of james bond.Twist piles upon twist as a British agent Alec Leamas (Richard Burton at his most world weary)becomes involved in a fiendishly complicated plot to get an ex-nazi spy chief,a plot that's more twisted than he manages to be.Claire bloom gives a stand-out perfomance in a film ingenious as it is bitter.
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