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TV series

Smiley's People

1982 · 1 season · 6 episodes

Created by John le Carré

7.7

TMDB audience score
58 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.

About 5h to watch every episode. An estimate: 6 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 50 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Alec Guinness
    George Smiley
    6 episodes

  • Eileen Atkins
    Madame Ostrakova
    4 episodes

  • Bill Paterson
    Lauder Strickland
    4 episodes

  • Vladek Sheybal
    Otto Leipzig
    4 episodes

  • Andy Bradford
    Ferguson
    4 episodes

  • Bernard Hepton
    Toby Esterhase
    3 episodes

  • Anthony Bate
    Oliver Lacon
    3 episodes

  • Michael Byrne
    Peter Guillam
    3 episodes

  • Tusse Silberg
    Alexandra Ostrakova
    3 episodes

  • Germaine Delbat
    Madame La Pierre
    3 episodes

  • Ingrid Pitt
    Elvira
    2 episodes

  • Michael Lonsdale
    Anton Grigoriev
    2 episodes

  • Curd Jürgens
    General Vladimir
    2 episodes

  • Mario Adorf
    Claus Kretzschmar
    2 episodes

  • Barry Foster
    Saul Enderby
    2 episodes

  • Michael Gough
    Mikhel
    2 episodes

  • Rosalie Crutchley
    Mother Felicity
    2 episodes

  • Dudley Sutton
    Oleg Kirov
    2 episodes

Seasons