1991, 103 min
Country: Great Britain
Studio: A & E
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson, Billie Whitelaw, David Threlfall
Director: Gavin Millar
Our Rating: Not yet reviewed.
John Le Carré's A Murder of Quality
FROM THE LINER NOTESFrom internationally acclaimed spy-turned-author John Le Carré (The Tailor of Panama), comes this intelligent and elegant thriller based on his best-selling novel of the same name.When a former colleague of master spy George Smiley (Elliot) receives a letter from a schoolmaster’s wife who is convinced her husband is trying to kill her, Smiley agrees to investigate. Only he arrives too late. The grief-stricken husband has an airtight alibi, but everybody else seems to have something to hide. Smiley soon digs up a world of secret societies and sexual scandals while justice—and the killer—seem as elusive as ever. But does the mysterious boy Timothy Perkins (Bale) hold the key to everything? You Might Also Like
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