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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.
- John le Carré
- 1963
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker. Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
- (19K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Martin Ritt
- 1965-12-16
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.
With unsurpassed knowledge culled from his years in British Intelligence, le Carre brings to light the shadowy dealings of international espionage in the tale of a British agent who longs to end his career but undertakes one final, bone-chilling assignment.
- (110,5K)
- 1963
- John le Carré
- Paperback
At the height of the Cold War, British spy Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) is nearly ready to retire, but first he has to take on one last dangerous assignment. Going deep undercover, he poses as...
- (21)
- Richard Burton
- Martin Ritt
- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carré, about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmuted by director Martin Ritt into a film every bit as precise and ruthless as the book.
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 witnesses the ...
