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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965 · TMDB 7.1

Directed by Martin Ritt

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.

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A burned-out British agent is sent on a final mission into East Germany, where his love for a communist woman becomes a weapon against him.

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