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Smiley's People

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.

1982 |1 Season  | 50m |  Drama, Mystery

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Cast

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Alec Guinness

George Smiley

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Anthony Bate

Oliver Lacon

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Beryl Reid

Connie Sachs

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Vladek Sheybal

Otto Leipzig

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Andy Bradford

Ferguson

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Tusse Silberg

Alexandra Ostrakova

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Germaine Delbat

Madame La Pierre

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Mario Adorf

Claus Kretzschmar

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Curd Jürgens

The General

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Michael Lonsdale

Anton Grigoriev

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Barry Foster

Saul Enderby

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Michael Gough

Mikhel

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Patrick Stewart

Karla

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Alan Rickman

Mr. Brownlow

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Creator

John le Carré

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC Two