![]() Working as a lowly library assistant, Leamas strikes up a budding romance with a co-worker, Nancy (Claire Bloom), a member of the British Communist Party. ![]() Leamas takes on the guise of an embittered government employee as a means of inviting recruitment by the other side although it’s difficult to know where the act begins and ends, which is not only a credit to Burton’s performance but adds to the level of intrigue that surrounds the well-crafted plot. Tonally focused, this deadly serious mission of deception exhibits a remarkable emphasis on realism and subtle detail, as we the viewer are plunged into the ice-cold heart of espionage, practised between East and West. ![]() Available for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK from Eureka Entertainment, seven-time Academy Award nominee, Richard Burton, is at his absolute best as a British agent, Alec Leamas, on a final mission that will take him into East Germany where he’s to sow dissension among the Communist ranks. It seemed only appropriate that I usher in the winter months with the bitter Cold War thriller, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, based on the best-selling novel by John le Carré.
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