The question at the heart of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” is simplicity itself ... hour British miniseries starring an impeccable Alec Guinness as inscrutable protagonist George Smiley ...

He hunted down Soviet spies in the British intelligence service as George Smiley in the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Yet Sir Alec Guinness almost quit the ...

For his first television series — so late, in so distinguished a career — Alec Guinness fretted over whether "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" would be a blot on his legacy, and he virtually ...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was based on the 1970s novel ... The character was already played well by late actor Alec Guinness in a much earlier adaptation of the book. In the end, however, Oldman ...

The new Cold War spy thriller ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ had its work ... the film favorably to the 1979 miniseries starring Alec Guinness as George Smiley. Oldman manages to fill those ...

While preparing to star as George Smiley in the recent film adaptation of John le Carre’s classic spy ... “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” Gary Oldman was visited by the ghost of Alec Guinness.

By Sophie Schillaci Swedish director Tomas Alfredson is receiving rave reviews for his English language debut Tinker, Tailor, Soldier ... spy Karla, is so engrossing you forget to breathe. Alec ...

Alec Guinness. Playing Smiley as a bitter retiree carrying a lifetime of grudges, Guinness embodies what Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is really about. In flashbacks, we see Smiley as a more ...

Older viewers will remember well the BBC-Paramount seven-part miniseries from 1979, which starred Alec Guinness ... presented the film as “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” the onscreen title ...

With a new movie version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opening this week ... Tailor," the next two words that occur to me are "Alec Guinness." In the BBC's six-hour miniseries, Guinness brought ...

With a new movie version ofTinker Tailor Soldier Spy opening this ... the instant someone says "Tinker Tailor," the next two words that occur to me are "Alec Guinness." In the BBC's six-hour ...