How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?
6.625
127 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Gary Oldman | George Smiley | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Colin Firth | Bill Haydon | Zac E. Chan |
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Tom Hardy | Ricki Tarr | Goutbreak |
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John Hurt | Control | Unowned |
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Toby Jones | Percy Alleline | Goutbreak |
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Mark Strong | Jim Prideaux | Goutbreak |
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Benedict Cumberbatch | Peter Guillam | Zac E. Chan |
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Ciarán Hinds | Roy Bland | Zac E. Chan |
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David Dencik | Toby Esterhase | Unowned |
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Kathy Burke | Connie Sachs | Unowned |
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Stephen Graham | Jerry Westerby | The Free Refills |
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Simon McBurney | Oliver Lacon | Unowned |
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Svetlana Khodchenkova | Irina | Unowned |
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Roger Lloyd Pack | Mendel | Unowned |
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Konstantin Khabenskiy | Polyakov | Unowned |
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Christian McKay | Mackelvore | Unowned |
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Zoltán Mucsi | Magyar | Unowned |
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Péter Kálloy Molnár | Hungarian Waiter | Unowned |
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Ilona Kassai | Woman in Window | Unowned |
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Imre Csuja | KGB Agent | Unowned |
| Arthur Nightingale | Bryant | Unowned | |
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Amanda Fairbank-Hynes | Belinda | Unowned |
| Peter McNeil O'Connor | Fawn | Unowned | |
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Matyelok Gibbs | Mrs Pope-Graham | Unowned |
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Philip Hill-Pearson | Norman | Unowned |
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Jamie Thomas King | Kaspart | Unowned |
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Stuart Graham | Minister | Unowned |
| Sarah-Jane Wright | Mary Alleline | Unowned | |
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Katrina Vasilieva | Ann Smiley | Unowned |
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Linda Marlowe | Mrs McCraig | Unowned |
| William Haddock | Bill Roach | Unowned | |
| Erskine Wylie | Spikeley | Unowned | |
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Philip Martin Brown | Tufty Thesinger | Unowned |
| Tomasz Kowalski | Boris | Unowned | |
| Alexandra Salafranca | Turkish Mistress | Unowned | |
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Dennis Good | Ivan | Unowned |
| Oleg Dzhabrailov | Sergei | Unowned | |
| Gillian Stevenson | Listening Woman | Unowned | |
| Nick Hopper | Janitor Alwyn | Unowned | |
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Laura Carmichael | Sal | Unowned |
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Rupert Procter | Guillam's Boyfriend | Unowned |
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John le Carré | Christmas Party Guest | Unowned |
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Michael Sarne | Karla (Voice) | Unowned |
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Jean-Claude Jay | French Man at Residency | Unowned |
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Tom Stuart | Ben | Unowned |
| Harvey Walsh | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned |