| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson, Billie Whitelaw, David Threlfall, Ronald Pickup, Matthew Scurfield, Christian Bale, Diane Fletcher. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Denis Crossan ; art director, Eddie Andres ; editor, Angus Newton ; music, Stanley Myers ; costume designer, Ann Sinclair ; production designer, Grant Hicks. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 1991. |
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Based on the novel by John Le Carré. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
George Smiley goes to the aid of his former colleague, Ailsa Brimley after she receives a letter from a woman predicting her own murder and naming her husband as the killer. After the woman is found dead, they uncover secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Endowed public schools (Great Britain) -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Drama.
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Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Made-for-TV movies.
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Detective and mystery television programs.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Gavin.
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Elliott, Denholm.
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Ackland, Joss, 1928-2023
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Jackson, Glenda.
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Whitelaw, Billie, 1932-2014
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Threlfall, David.
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Crossan, Denis.
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Myers, Stanley.
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Le Carré, John, 1931-2020.
Murder of quality.
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A & E Home Video (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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| Added Title |
John Le Carré's A murder of quality |
| ISBN |
0767072545 |
| Standard No. |
733961716580 |
| Music No. |
AAE-71658 A & E Home Video |
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