The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Criterion Collection)

John Le Carris acclaimed bestselling novel about a Cold War spy on one final, dangerous mission is every bit as precise and ruthless on-screen in this adaptation directed by Martin Ritt. Richard Burton delivers one of his -defining performances as Alec Leamas, whose hesitant but deeply felt relationship with a beautiful librarian (Claire Bloom) puts what he hopes will be his last assignment, in East Germany, in jeopardy. An intelligent, hard-edged, and even tragic thriller, THE SPY THAT CAME IN FROM THE COLD is etched with realism and suffused with genuine political and personal anxiety. Special features includes: interviews, "The Secret Center: John Le Carre" - a BBC documentary about he author's extraordinary life and work, gallery of set designs, a booklet and more. (1965)