The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film)

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Cold War film drama film film spy film

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film) is a Cold War spy drama directed by Martin Ritt and starring Richard Burton, acclaimed for its bleak, realistic portrayal of espionage based on John le Carré’s novel.

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film) canonical	4
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ spy film ⓘ
adaptationOfGenre	spy novel ⓘ
awardRecognition	Academy Award nominations ⓘ
basedOn	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ surface form: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (novel)
basedOnWorkBy	John le Carré ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Oswald Morris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
director	Martin Ritt ⓘ
distributor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Anthony Harvey ⓘ
era	1960s cinema ⓘ
filmingLocation	United Kingdom ⓘ
genre	political thriller ⓘ spy drama ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActorNominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
leadActorNominee	Richard Burton ⓘ
leadCharacter	Alec Leamas ⓘ
musicBy	Sol Kaplan ⓘ
narrativeFocus	double agents ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ
notableFor	critical acclaim ⓘ realistic portrayal of espionage ⓘ
portrays	Cold War tensions ⓘ espionage ⓘ intelligence agencies ⓘ
producer	Paul Dehn ⓘ
releaseYear	1965 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	112 ⓘ
screenwriter	Guy Trosper ⓘ Paul Dehn ⓘ
settingPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
sourceMaterialPublicationYear	1963 ⓘ
starring	Claire Bloom ⓘ Cyril Cusack ⓘ George Voskovec ⓘ Oskar Werner NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Burton ⓘ Rupert Davies ⓘ Sam Wanamaker ⓘ
style	realistic ⓘ
tone	bleak ⓘ

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Liz Gold → adaptedIn → The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film) ⓘ

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (franchise) → notableWork → The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film) ⓘ