George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
as George Smiley
as Bill Haydon
as Ricki Tarr
as Control
as Percy Alleline
as Jim Prideaux
as Peter Guillam
as Roy Bland
as Toby Esterhase
as Connie Sachs
as Jerry Westerby
as Oliver Lacon
as Irina
as Mendel
as Polyakov
as Mackelvore
as Magyar
as Hungarian Waiter
as Woman in Window
as KGB Agent
as Bryant
as Belinda
as Fawn
as Mrs Pope-Graham
as Norman
as Kaspart
as Minister
as Mary Alleline
as Ann Smiley
as Mrs McCraig
as Bill Roach
as Spikeley
as Tufty Thesinger
as Boris
as Turkish Mistress
as Ivan
as Sergei
as Listening Woman
as Janitor Alwyn
as Sal
as Guillam's Boyfriend
as Christmas Party Guest
as Karla (Voice)
as French Man at Residency
as Ben
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
