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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Martin Ritt`s adaptation of the John Le Carre bestseller THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD stars Richard Burton as Alec Leamas, a burnt-out spy soon to retire from British Intelligence. For his final assignment, Alec must pose as a drunk who wants to... Martin Ritt`s adaptation of the John Le Carre bestseller THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD stars Richard Burton as Alec Leamas, a burnt-out spy soon to retire from British Intelligence. For his final assignment, Alec must pose as a drunk who wants to defect to East Germany, where the chief of operations for the Communists, Hans-Dieter Mundt (Peter van Eyck), has captured several British spies. His acting works: Communists throw Alec into jail for public drunkenness and for having an affair with a young member of the local Communist party, Nan (Claire Bloom). In jail, he is approached by Mundt`s agents and asked to defect. They take Alec to East Berlin where he is grilled by Mundt`s top man, Fiedler (Oskar Werner), who believes that Mundt is actually a double agent. Shot in stark black and white in documentary style, Ritt`s film is a realistic portrait of the grim life of a spy, revealing all of the profession`s complexities in a style that is equally as thrilling as an elaborate action scene in a James Bond movie. At the heart of the film is Burton`s bitter and world-weary Alec, and his performance here ranks among the best of his career.
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