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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.

Dehn, Paul, 1912-1976 (Added Author). Trosper, Guy, 1911-1963 (Added Author). Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990 (Added Author). Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 (Added Author). Bloom, Claire, 1931- (Added Author). Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984 (Added Author). Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993 (Added Author). Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981 (Added Author). Davies, Rupert, 1916-1976 (Added Author). Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993 (Added Author). Eyck, Peter van, 1911-1969 (Added Author). Morris, Oswald, 1915-2014 (Added Author). Harvey, Anthony, 1930-2017 (Added Author). Kaplan, Sol. (Added Author). Le Carré, John, 1931- Spy who came in from the cold. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). Salem Films. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter Van Eyck. (Cast).

Summary:
After a fellow spy is murdered, an agent is assigned to pretend he is defecting, but soon suspects that the layers of betrayal go far beyond what was originally expected.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781604650891
  • ISBN: 1604650893
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm).
  • Edition: Special edition ; widescreen.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
Based on the novel: The spy who came in from the cold / by John Le Carré.
Booklet includes an essay, "True Ritt", by film critic Michael Sragow.
"Special edition double-disc set"--Container back.
"Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen tvs"--Container back.
Special features (disc 1): theatrical trailer (2 min.). Special features (disc 2): interview with John Le Carré (39 min.); "The secret centre: John Le Carré" documentary (60 min); audio conversation from 1985 between Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan (49 min.); selected-scene commentary with Oswald Morris (40 min.); 1967 interview with Richard Burton from the BBC series "Acting in the 60s" with film critic Kenneth Tynan (34 min.); gallery of set designs.
Formatted Contents Note:
disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographer, Oswald Morris ; editor, Anthony Harvey ; music composed and conducted by Sol Kaplan ; camera operator, Brian West ; art editor, Edward Marshall ; director of photography, Oswald Morris.
Participant or Performer Note:
Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter Van Eyck.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1 ; NTSC ; widescreen; restored high-definition digital, Dolby digital stereo.
Language Note:
In English.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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