Ian Richardson as Bill Haydon; Patrick Stewart as Karla; Michael Jayston as Peter Guillam; Alec Guinness as George Smiley; Eugene Lipinski as Czech Guard; Joss Ackland as Jerry Westerby; Beryl Reid as Connie Sachs; Ian Bannen as Jim Prideaux; Thorley Walters as Tufty Thessinger; Terence Rigby as Roy Bland; Bernard Hepton as Toby Esterhase; Alexander Knox as Control; Nigel Stock as Roddy Martindale; Hywel Bennett as Ricki Tarr; John Wells as Headmaster
Rating
NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Language
English
Plot
Tinker, tailor,soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar-man, thief. George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.