Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (movie)

2011 film directed by Tomas Alfredson

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 British-French spy movie. It was directed by Tomas Alfredson.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Directed byTomas Alfredson
Screenplay byBridget O'Connor
Peter Straughan
Based onTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John le Carré
Produced byTim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Robyn Slovo
StarringGary Oldman
Colin Firth
Tom Hardy
John Hurt
Toby Jones
Mark Strong
Benedict Cumberbatch
Ciarán Hinds
CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema
Edited byDino Jonsäter
Music byAlberto Iglesias
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal UK (UK)
StudioCanal (France)
Release date
Running time
127 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$21 million
Box office$51,039,342

The movie is based on the 1974 novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré. It is set in London in the early 1970s. The story follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of MI6.

The novel had also been the basis of a 1979 BBC Television miniseries with Alec Guinness in the lead role.

The 2011 movie stars Gary Oldman as George Smiley, with Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik and Kathy Burke supporting. It is set in London in the early 1970s.

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