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The Conversation
Why this pick
Its patient, detail-driven surveillance story and lonely professional protagonist echo the muted paranoia, moral uncertainty, and meticulous pacing of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Veteran intelligence agent George Smiley is recalled out of retirement to ferret out an elusive Soviet mole from the British Secret Intelligence Service during the Cold War.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Svetlana Khodchenkova
Irina
Stuart Graham
Minister
Rupert Procter
Guillam's Boyfriend
Peter O'Connor
Fawn
Linda Marlowe
Mrs McCraig
Laura Carmichael
Sal
Ilona Kassai
Woman in Window
David Dencik
Toby Esterhase