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 ...

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 ...

And what about the shadow cast by Alec Guinness, who played George Smiley in a seven-hour 1979 BBC mini-series. The new adaptation of John Le Carré's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is one of the ...

He agrees it is something that George Smiley, the muted espionage agent he plays in "Tinker Tailor ... old Oldman was Alec Guinness, who was 65 in 1979 when "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ...

Most people will find the first 20 minutes of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy difficult to follow ... the haunting 1979 BBC miniseries starring Alec Guinness, although decades ago.

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 plays superannuated spymaster George Smiley in the new movie version of John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. And it seems ... starring Sir Alec Guinness in the same role.

Screeners of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier ... adaptation of John le Carré’s 1974 spy novel, which also gave rise to a popular TV series starring Alec Guinness. I had to see the new version ...

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 ...

His masterpiece was 1974's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier ... first three times I watched it. The great Alec Guinness stars as George Smiley, an honorable spy chief who's been ousted after a shakeup ...

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 ...

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 ...