Tinker tailor soldier spy.

Contributor(s): Irvin, John [director.] | Powell, Jonathan, 1947- [producer.] | Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 [actor.] | Stewart, Patrick, 1940- [actor.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DAVID3227 | UmbrellaDistributor: [Kew, Victoria]: Umbrella Entertainment [distributor], [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 2 DVD-videos (317 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscRelated works: Motion picture adaptation of (work): Le Carre, John, 1931-. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spySubject(s): Moles (Spies) -- Great Britain -- Drama | Espionage -- Great Britain -- Drama | Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Drama | Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- DramaGenre/Form: Spy television programs. | Television mini-series. | Thrillers (Television programs). Production credits: Produced by Jonathan Powell ; directed by John Irwin.Cast: Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Patrick Stewart.Summary: "John Le Carre's classic tale of espionage leaps off the page and into the guise of an epic 6 hour television miniseries. A mole has infiltrated the Circus, code name for the British Secret Intelligence Service. It can only be one of four men operating at the very highest level. Agent and master spy George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness) is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a decisive investigation into Cold War era espionage and his own past. With whispers on the wind and secrets ripe for exploitation, the stakes are raised for Smiley to brush aside prejudice and find his man before it is too late"--Container.
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"DAVID3227."

Originally televised in 1979.

Produced by Jonathan Powell ; directed by John Irwin.

Rated: PG.

DVD ; All regions.

In English.

"John Le Carre's classic tale of espionage leaps off the page and into the guise of an epic 6 hour television miniseries. A mole has infiltrated the Circus, code name for the British Secret Intelligence Service. It can only be one of four men operating at the very highest level. Agent and master spy George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness) is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a decisive investigation into Cold War era espionage and his own past. With whispers on the wind and secrets ripe for exploitation, the stakes are raised for Smiley to brush aside prejudice and find his man before it is too late"--Container.

Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Patrick Stewart.

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