Smiley's People (1982)

Smiley's People (1982)
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A sequel to 1980's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, this BBC miniseries once again focuses on British spy George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness), once again called out of retirement, this time by the fussy Oliver Lacon Anthony Bate, to deal with a scandal in the British spy establishment. An ex-Russian general and British spy (Curt Jurgens) is found brutally murdered in a London park after frantically contacting the British Secret Service. His cryptic message: "Tell Max it concerns the Sandman." It seems that the general and his crony Otto Leipzig (Vladek Sheybal) were cooking up a scheme to blackmail the head of the Russian secret service, Karla (Patrick Stewart), when they were murdered. Smiley gathers his old associates (almost all the actors reprising roles from the first miniseries) and picks up the general's harrowing trail. He finds that Karla has been secretly supporting a daughter in the West through almost comically inept intermediaries such as Grigoriov (Michael Lonsdale). This information allows him to face off against his old adversary and avenge the humiliation he and his agency suffered with the double agent Karla had in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Made in 1982, the sequel has one major casting substitution: Michael Byrne instead of Michael Jayston as Peter Guillam, Smiley's faithful lieutenant. ~ Nick Sambides, Jr., Rovi

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Starring:
Alec GuinnessVass Anderson, (more)
Director(s):
Simon Langton
Format(s):
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A sequel to 1980's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, this BBC miniseries once again focuses on British spy George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness), once again called out of retirement, this time by the fussy Oliver Lacon Anthony Bate, to deal with a scandal in the British spy establishment. An ex-Russian general and British spy (Curt Jurgens) is found brutally murdered in a London park after frantically contacting the British Secret Service. His cryptic message: "Tell Max it concerns the Sandman." It seems that the general and his crony Otto Leipzig (Vladek Sheybal) were cooking up a scheme to blackmail the head of the Russian secret service, Karla (Patrick Stewart), when they were murdered. Smiley gathers his old associates (almost all the actors reprising roles from the first miniseries) and picks up the general's harrowing trail. He finds that Karla has been secretly supporting a daughter in the West through almost comically inept intermediaries such as Grigoriov (Michael Lonsdale). This information allows him to face off against his old adversary and avenge the humiliation he and his agency suffered with the double agent Karla had in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Made in 1982, the sequel has one major casting substitution: Michael Byrne instead of Michael Jayston as Peter Guillam, Smiley's faithful lieutenant. ~ Nick Sambides, Jr., Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
324 mins

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Director(s):
Simon Langton
Writer(s):
John Le CarréJohn Hopkins
Producer(s):
Jonathan Powell
Categories:
Mystery & Suspense
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    James H.

    Virtually the same cast as appeared in "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" with Sir Alec Guiness, and another great LeCarre plot, makes for great entertainment. The first two episodes are a bit too obscure and might require viewers to do a little research so that they can follow the twists and turns, and recognize which details matter and which don't. Episodes three-six are just about perfect, however. A superb British take on espionage.

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    Thomas D.

    Great rendition of the book. Not as good as "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" but what is?

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    Thomas J.

    Another excellent movie based on LeCarre's books. Cast is great, especially Alec Guiness (he does so well in such disparate roles!). Good suspense, but without violence and FX. Only problem might be if someone had not seen earlier film (Tinker, Tailor... - also excellent) because some of the first part is fast and may be hard to follow.

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