The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
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.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Interview with author John le Carré from 2008
- Selected-scene commentary featuring director of photography Oswald Morris
- The Secret Centre: John le Carré (2000), a BBC documentary on the author’s extraordinary life and work
- A 1967 interview with Richard Burton from the BBC series Acting in the 60’s, conducted by film critic Kenneth Tynan
- An audio conversation from 1985 between director Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan
- Gallery of set designs
- Theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow
Cover by Eric Skillman
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Interview with author John le Carré from 2008
- Selected-scene commentary featuring director of photography Oswald Morris
- The Secret Centre: John le Carré (2000), a BBC documentary on the author’s extraordinary life and work
- A 1967 interview with Richard Burton from the BBC series Acting in the 60’s, conducted by film critic Kenneth Tynan
- An audio conversation from 1985 between director Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan
- Gallery of set designs
- Theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow
Cover by Eric Skillman
Cast
- Richard Burton
- Alec Leamas
- Claire Bloom
- Nan Perry
- Oskar Werner
- Fiedler
- Sam Wanamaker
- Peters
- George Voskovec
- East German defense attorney
- Rupert Davies
- George Smiley
- Cyril Cusack
- Control
- Peter Van Eyck
- Hans-Dieter Mundt
- Michael Hordern
- Ashe
- Robert Hardy
- Dick Carlton
- Bernard Lee
- Patmore
- Beatrix Lehmann
- Tribunal President
- Esmond Knight
- Old judge
Credits
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Produced by
- Martin Ritt
- Based upon the novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by
- John Le Carré
- Screenplay
- Paul Dehn
- Screenplay
- Guy Trosper
- Director of photography
- Oswald Morris
- Assistant to the producer
- Richard McWhorter
- Production design
- Tambi Larsen
- Music composed and conducted by
- Sol Kaplan
- Editor
- Anthony Harvey
- Production supervisor
- James Ware
- Art director
- Edward Marshall
- Assistant director
- Colin Brewer
- Camera operator
- Brian West
- Continuity
- Angela Martelli
- Casting supervisor
- Sally Nicholl
- Makeup supervisor
- George Frost
- Makeup
- Eric Allwright
- Hairdresser
- Joan Smallwood
- Costumes
- Motley
- Wardrobe
- Barbara Gillett
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