Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

Retired espionage veteran George Smiley is called out on a top-secret mission: to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.

British agent Ricki Tarr, believed to have defected, resurfaces with sensational information: confirmation of a Russian mole in the Service.

The investigation begins, with Peter Guillam burgling the archives for information, while Smiley visits an old comrade whose past knowledge…

While Guillam and Tarr come under pressure, Smiley recounts his one meeting with Soviet master spy Karla, who is undoubtedly running the mo…

Smiley calls on ex-Circus spy San Collins, who was the duty officer the night Jim Prideaux was shot. Collins confirms the events as Smiley…

Smiley confronts one of his suspects and gives him the results of his investigations, which could prove a considerable embarrassment to tho…

Smiley springs his trap and catches the mole, who confesses how and why it happened, and the answers ultimately rob Smiley of any sense of…