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Smiley’s People (TV Miniseries)

Smiley’s People

1982

Simon Langton

Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hepton, Bill Paterson ...

7.5

255

TV Series. Mystery George Smiley is once again called out of innocent retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee. The shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going back over some very old ground.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Toby Manning The Guardian	"[A] masterly BBC series starring Alec Guinness"	POS
United States	David Denby The New Yorker	"[Guinness'] performance is one of the great literary-cinematic creations of the post-war era, an actor’s masterpiece"	POS
United Kingdom	Telegraph	"Another stately, grown-up riposte to Roger Moore’s Bondian japery, with notable cameos from a host of familiar faces"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"A marvelously riveting television film (...) A stunning performance (...) The script, written by Mr. le Carre and John Hopkins, captures the tone and mood of the book with almost uncanny precision."	POS

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