| The Spy Who Came 
				in from the Cold (1965),
				Director: Martin Ritt, rated PG 
				The Book the 
				World Could Not Lay Down is Now a Motion Picture 
				
		  Starring: Richard 
				Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Georege Voskovec, Rupert 
				Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter van Eyck, Michael Hordern 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
				"What the hell do you think 
				spies are? Moral philosophers measuring everything they do 
				against the word 
				of God or Karl Marx? They're not! They're just 
				a bunch of seedy, squalid bastards like me: little men, 
				drunkards, 
				hen-pecked husbands, civil servants playing cowboys 
				and Indians to brighten their rotten little lives." - 
				Alec Leamas 
				Why watch this? 
				There is always something smoldering deep within Richard Burton. 
				Plot Summary: 
				Disillusioned British agent Alec Leamas is tasked with posing as 
				a defector to East Germany. His mission involves spreading false 
				information about a high-ranking East German intelligence 
				officer, making him appear to be a double agent. As Leamas 
				becomes embroiled in a web of plots and counterplots, the lines 
				between friend and foe become increasingly blurred. Dad's Preview: 
				This tense, intelligent spy film, set during the Cold War, hooked me 
				immediately. It takes a lot of focus to follow the plot. You'll 
				miss things, but perhaps that is the point. This is all about being 
				undercover, and infiltration. Secrecy is essential to double 
				agents. There is a realness to this 
				film, too. It's not flashy like James Bond, which makes 
				if feel more authentic. Burton was 
				nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, and it was richly deserved.  
				 Salem Films 
				Limited; Paramount Pictures
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