
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold(1965)
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.


“He played the most dangerous game in Europe, and he played it alone.”
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

George Segal
Quiller

Alec Guinness
Pol

Max von Sydow
Oktober

Senta Berger
Inge Lindt

George Sanders
Gibbs

Robert Helpmann
Weng

Robert Flemyng
Rushington

Peter Carsten
Hengel

Ernst Walder
Grauber

Edith Schneider
Headmistress
The Quiller Memorandum is a thriller, drama, crime film released in 1966 exploring themes of spy. Directed by Michael Anderson, it stars George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow. After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
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