I have been wanting to see this movie for a long time, for no better reason, I think, than I came across it while looking through the collection at the library and liked the picture on the sleeve. I have a casual acquaintance with John Le Carre’s work and the film adaptations of it, but I would hasten to point out that the books I’ve read (at least two) are not the ones that there are movies for, whether or not I’ve seen them.
This is the earliest adaptation of...
