A Murder of Quality (1991)
In het holst van de nacht wordt George Smiley ontboden op het bureau van de Engelse contra-spionage. Een anonieme briefschrijver heeft een hoge functionaris aan het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Fennan, van communistische sympathieën beschuldigd. Na een gesprek met Fennan meent Smiley dat deze onschuldig is. Een incident kort daarna maakt Smiley duidelijk dat achter de zaak-Fennan een grootscheepse spionage-affaire schuil gaat.
Regiseur:
Gavin Millar
Schrijver:
John le Carré
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Denholm Elliott as George Smiley |
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Joss Ackland as Terence Fielding |
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Glenda Jackson as Alisa Brimley |
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Billie Whitelaw as Mad Janie |
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David Threlfall as Stanley Rode |
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Ronald Pickup as Felix D'Arcy |
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Matthew Scurfield as Inspector Rigby |
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Christian Bale as Tim Perkins |
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Diane Fletcher as Shane Hecht |
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Fiona Walker as Dorothy D'Arcy |
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Nick Reding as Sgt. Mellor |
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Michael Cochrane as Charles Hecht |
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Charles Pemberton as Sgt. Ted Mundy |
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William Armstrong as Rev. Fergus |
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Moray Watson as Maj. Harriman |
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Tim Dutton as Simon Snow |
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Helen Lindsay as Mrs. Harlowe |
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Samantha Womack as Alice Lawry |
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John Grillo as The Pathologist |
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Jane Montgomery as Mandy |
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Emily Raymond as Ann Snow |
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George Raistrick as Samuel Glaston |
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George Winter as Police Constable Dai |
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Thorley Walters as Bishop Harry |
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Joanna Jacobs as Stella Rode |
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Ben Lushbrook as Boxer |
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B. Davis as Plum |
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Nick Lewis as Friend of Perkins |
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Peter Snelling as Friend of Perkins |
| Production | Brian Walcroft | Executive Producer |
| Art | Grant Hicks | Production Design |
| Art | Eddie Andres | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Sinclair | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Louise Fisher | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie McEwan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petrona Winton | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Gavin Millar | Director |
| Writing | John le Carré | Novel |
| Camera | Denis Crossan | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Stanley Myers | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Gail Stevens | Casting |
| Writing | John le Carré | Screenplay |
| Production | Eric Abraham | Producer |
| Editing | Angus Newton | Editor |
| Directing | Cliff Lanning | Third Assistant Director |