The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

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Alec Leamas (Richard Burton), a British spy, is sent to East Germany, supposedly to defect, but in fact to sow disinformation. As more plot turns appear, Leamas becomes more convinced that his own people see him as just a cog. His struggle back from dehumanization becomes the final focus of the story.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold:

Richard Burton
Claire Bloom
Oskar Werner
Sam Wanamaker
George Voskovec
Rupert Davies

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Alec Leamas (Richard Burton), a British spy, is sent to East Germany, supposedly to defect, but in fact to sow disinformation. As more plot turns appear, Leamas becomes more convinced that his own people see him as just a cog. His struggle back from dehumanization becomes the final focus of the story.

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Variety - 10/10 by Variety StaffAn excellent contemporary espionage drama of the Cold War which achieves solid impact via emphasis on human values, total absence of mechanical spy gimmickry, and perfectly controlled underplaying.
Creative Loafing - 9/10 by Matt BrunsonThis pitch-perfect adaptation of John le Carré's best-seller captures the Cold War in all its chilly complexity ... Burton delivers a towering performance that's second only to his turn in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as the finest of his career.
The Spectator - 9/10 by Isabel QuiglyA brilliant screenplay crisp, muted, funny, never pushing its points, and acting of the unobtrusively perfect sort you aren't asked to notice. Goes a long way towards bolstering this excitement.
New York Times - 8/10 by Bosley CrowtherThe film makes you believe it could have happened. And that's the remarkable thing.
Time Out - 6/10 by Geoff AndrewWhat finally impresses, however, is the sheer seediness of so much of the film, with characters, buildings, and landscapes lent convincingly grubby life by Oswald Morris' excellent monochrome camera-work.
Slant Magazine - 5/10 by Fernando F. CroceSelf-consciously dour where the James Bond movies were insouciantly callous.
User Review - 10/10 by Aaron N[i]The Spy Who Came in From the Cold[/i] is perhaps best of the Cold War spy movies. Good writing coupled with brilliant performances make it that rare film based on a novel that is equal of its predecessor. The uncompromising complexity of its story requires some effort on part of the viewer but staying engaged in this great picture is well worth the effort.
User Review - 10/10 by Zoltan TBurton, Werner, and Bloom are explosive in this cynical tale of Cold War realpolitik.
User Review - 10/10 by Kirk HThe Cold War sucked. This movie doesn't pretend it and we were awesome.
User Review - 10/10 by Johnathon WClassic spy thriller that serves as an excellent counter to the Bond films (as LeCarre's books did to Ian Flemming's), crafting a plausible story about real spy-craft, which specializes in lies, blackmail & disinformation. Richard Burton is superb, as usual, giving a resigned but powerful performance who, with a glance, shows more intelligence & emotion than most actors can hope to achieve. Claire Bloom is equally superb as the woman who awakens his dead soul, while Oskar Weiner proves a fine match as his Communist counterpart. Behind the camera, director Martin Ritt keeps the tension building slowly but deliberately to its surprise twist ending, the kind that makes you want to immediately re-watch the film to see how you missed it. The quintessential spy movie and one of the best of the Cold War era.

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