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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Name: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 2011-09-16
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones

2011 · 2h 7m · Drama, Thriller, Mystery

IMDb 7.0 Metacritic 85 RT 84%

Watch it tonight if you've got the patience for slow-burn espionage—this is a cerebral, gorgeously crafted Cold War thriller that rewards close attention. Gary Oldman's performance as Smiley is masterclass quiet intensity, and Tomas Alfredson's direction turns spy tradecraft into meditative cinema. Skip it if you need your thrills loud and your plot moving fast.

Plot

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

Director: Tomas Alfredson

Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones

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