It’s not Smiley we meet first in 1973’s London but his superior, Control (John Hurt at his best), who opens his door in the dead of night to top operative Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong).

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy An inventive, meaty distillation of Le Carre's 1974 novel.

It’s not Smiley we meet first in 1973’s London but his superior, Control (John Hurt at his best), who opens his door in the dead of night to top operative Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong).

In the clip, “Control” (John Hurt), the head of the “Circus” (aka Britian’s intelligence agency, MI6) instructs agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) in the hunt for the mole, assigning code ...

For his first television series — so late, in so distinguished a career — Alec Guinness fretted over whether "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" would be a blot on his legacy, and he virtually ...

If "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" had come around when he was younger, he figures he would have played Ricki Tarr, the excitable junior operative whose adventures spark Smiley's investigation.

A Second Look: 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' miniseriesLe Carré lavished plenty of attention on his secondary characters, down to their memorable names (Peter Guillam, Jim Prideaux, Toby ...

Making of ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ A Swedish director, an ensemble of Britain's leading actors and a meticulous re-creation of the Cold War bring a classic espionage tale to life.

The head of the Circus, known as Control (John Hurt), personally sends dedicated operative Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) into Hungary. But Jim’s mission goes bloodily awry, and Control is forced out of ...

Swedish director Tomas Alfredson’s take on John le Carré’s popular British spy novel “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” is an expertly crafted return to old-school filmmaking set against the ...

Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden, is a talented fencer and a licensed airline pilot who has flown all across the world.