by John Le Carre screenplay by John Le Carre, John Hopkins
[starring] Alec Guinness
also starring Eileen Atkins, Dudley Sutton, Michael Gough, Vladek Sheybal, Bill Paterson, Anthony Bate, Michael Elphick and featuring Curd Jurgens
'It's an emergency, George. You remember the old General, used to live in Paris? We need someone from his past. We need you, George.' Madame Ostrakova was desperate to believe the sweating Russian who promised the return of her daughter. Then there was the letter from Paris which rang old bells for General Vladimir.
These were the two events which heralded the summons of George Smiley from retirement.
(Subtitles on Ceefax page 170)
(Feature p88)
