Directed by:
Martin RittCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Sol KaplanCast:
Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter van Eyck, Michael Hordern, Robert Hardy (more)VOD (2)
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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. Richard Burton is superb as Alec Leamas, whose relationship with the beautiful librarian Nan, played by Claire Bloom, puts his assignment in jeopardy. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold is a hard-edged and tragic thriller, suffused with the political and social consciousness that defined Ritt’s career. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Richard Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324326_7daee6.jpg)
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Claire Bloom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270243_d4d2e1.jpg)
Claire Bloom
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The King's Speech (2010)
Limelight (1952)
![Oskar Werner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271838_15ff3a.jpg)
Oskar Werner
Austria
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
![Sam Wanamaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245568_d2464e.jpg)
Sam Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
![George Voskovec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268972_26e0a8.jpg)
George Voskovec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Heave Ho! (1934)
![Rupert Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/385/159385969_14b0fd.jpg)
Rupert Davies
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
Sapphire (1959)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
![Cyril Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465198_b78fde.jpg)
Cyril Cusack
South Africa
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
My Left Foot (1989)
Harold and Maude (1971)
![Peter van Eyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279544_90c556.jpg)
Peter van Eyck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
![Robert Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871820_03d947.jpg)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Bernard Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269477_c1036f.jpg)
Bernard Lee
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The 3rd Man (1949)
The Detective (1954)
![Esmond Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505321_153cd2.jpg)
Esmond Knight
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Hamlet (1948)
![Niall MacGinnis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319071_772829.jpg)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
![Walter Gotell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272351_28640f.jpg)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
![David Bauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906634_72d6b6.jpg)
David Bauer
USA
Best movies:
Patton (1970)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Dark of the Sun (1968)
Beatrix Lehmann
UK
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
![Michael Ripper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225611_1339e9.jpg)
Michael Ripper
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The One That Got Away (1957)
![Richard Marner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334331_ae6cf2.jpg)
Richard Marner
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The African Queen (1951)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Scott Finch
Best movies:
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
633 Squadron (1964)
The Liquidator (1965)
![George Mikell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439344_e9ad17.gif)
George Mikell
Lithuania
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Password is Courage (1962)
The One That Got Away (1957)