Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 324 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; fullscreen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
Cast |
Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Patrick Stewart, Sir Alec Guinness, Bernard Hepton. |
Credits |
Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts; editor, Chris Wimble; music, Geoffrey Burton. |
Note |
Videodisc release of the television mini-series originally broadcast in 1979. |
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Based on Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy by John Le Carré. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Episodes 1-2 -- Disc 2. Episodes 3-4 -- Disc 3. Episodes 5-6. |
Summary |
No doubt remains; a mole has infiltrated the highest level of the Circus, code name for British Secret Intelligence Service. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a painstaking dig through the labyrinths of Cold War-era espionage and his own past. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020 -- Television adaptations.
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Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Irvin, John. Director.
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Hopcraft, Arthur. Adapter. Screenwriter.
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Powell, Jonathan. Producer.
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Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000. Actor.
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Richardson, Ian, 1934-2007. Actor.
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Jayston, Michael, 1935- Actor.
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Stewart, Patrick, 1940- Actor.
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Hepton, Bernard. Actor.
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Le Carré, John, 1931-
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.
Author.
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Burton, Geoff, 1946- Composer.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. Producer.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation. Producer.
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Acorn Media (Firm) Distributor.
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ISBN |
9781598286915 |
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1598286919 |
Standard No. |
054961869190 |
Music No. |
AMP-8691 Acorn Media |
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