
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)