Directed by:
Martin RittCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Sol KaplanCast:
Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter van Eyck, Michael Hordern, Robert Hardy (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
A middle-aged British spy, about to retire, is given one last assignment to infiltrate East Germany and uncover information about a former colleague suspected of having become a Communist traitor. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Richard Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324326_7daee6.jpg)
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Claire Bloom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270243_d4d2e1.jpg)
Claire Bloom
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The King's Speech (2010)
Limelight (1952)
![Oskar Werner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271838_15ff3a.jpg)
Oskar Werner
Austria
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
![Sam Wanamaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245568_d2464e.jpg)
Sam Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
![George Voskovec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268972_26e0a8.jpg)
George Voskovec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Heave Ho! (1934)
![Rupert Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/385/159385969_14b0fd.jpg)
Rupert Davies
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
Sapphire (1959)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
![Cyril Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465198_b78fde.jpg)
Cyril Cusack
South Africa
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
My Left Foot (1989)
Harold and Maude (1971)
![Peter van Eyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279544_90c556.jpg)
Peter van Eyck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Shogun (1980) (series)
![Robert Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871820_03d947.jpg)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Far Pavilions, The (1984) (series)
![Bernard Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269477_c1036f.jpg)
Bernard Lee
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Third Man (1949)
Father Brown (1954)
![Esmond Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505321_153cd2.jpg)
Esmond Knight
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Hamlet (1948)
![Niall MacGinnis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319071_772829.jpg)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
![Walter Gotell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272351_28640f.jpg)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
![David Bauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906634_72d6b6.jpg)
David Bauer
USA
Best movies:
Patton (1970)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
The Mercenaries (1968)
Beatrix Lehmann
UK
Best movies:
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
![Michael Ripper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225611_1339e9.jpg)
Michael Ripper
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The One That Got Away (1957)
![Richard Marner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334331_ae6cf2.jpg)
Richard Marner
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The African Queen (1951)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Scott Finch
Best movies:
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
633 Squadron (1964)
The Liquidator (1965)
![George Mikell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439344_e9ad17.gif)
George Mikell
Lithuania
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Password is Courage (1962)
The One That Got Away (1957)