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The spy who came in from the cold / a Paramount picture ; a Salem production ; screenplay by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper ; produced and directed by Martin Ritt.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2312BD | The Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection ; 452.Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection under license from Paramount Home Entertainment, c2013Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781604657814
  • 1604657812
Uniform titles:
  • Spy who came in from the cold (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Anthony Harvey ; music composer and conductor, Sol Kaplan.
Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wannamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter Van Eyck.Summary: The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carre, 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 plays Alec Leamas, whose relationship with a beautiful librarian, puts his assignment in jeopardy.
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Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA SPY WHO Available 33111010004634
Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Main Library DVD New DRAMA SPY WHO Checked out 05/16/2024 33111010004626
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carre, about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmitted by director Martin Ritt into a film every bit as precise and ruthless as the book. Alec Leamas, whose relationship with a beautiful librarian, puts his assignment in jeopardy.

Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital stereo; requires Blu-ray player.

English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles.

Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wannamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter Van Eyck.

Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Anthony Harvey ; music composer and conductor, Sol Kaplan.

Based on the novel by John le Carré.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.

Special features: interviews with John Le Carre, Oswald Morris and Richard Burton; The secret center: John Le Carré (2000), a BBC documentary; selected-scene commentary featuring director of photography Oswald Morris; audio conversation (1985) between director Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan; gallery of set designs; theatrical trailer; essay by critic Michael Sragow.

The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carre, 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 plays Alec Leamas, whose relationship with a beautiful librarian, puts his assignment in jeopardy.

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