A Murder of Quality
At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husband's hand. The husband, Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School, but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wife's death. As Smiley investigates, he learns that Stella was a nosy busybody who loved to learn other's little secrets and then gossip about them - or possibly blackmail them. When a student is killed and Smiley unearths a secret, he has the evidence to name the killer.Based on John Le Carré's 1962 thriller (his first) in which George Smiley is brought out of spy retirement to solve a murder in a British public school. The setting is based on Le Carre"s own schooldays in Sherborne and his brief experience teaching at Eton.
Description: At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husband's hand. The husband, Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School, but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wife's death. As Smiley investigates, he learns that Stella was a nosy busybody who loved to learn other's little secrets and then gossip about them - or possibly blackmail them. When a student is killed and Smiley unearths a secret, he has the evidence to name the killer.Based on John Le Carré's 1962 thriller (his first) in which George Smiley is brought out of spy retirement to solve a murder in a British public school. The setting is based on Le Carre"s own schooldays in Sherborne and his brief experience teaching at Eton.
Genres: Mystery, Drama, TV Movie
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 103 minutes
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Denholm Elliott
Played George Smiley
Joss Ackland
Played Terence Fielding
Glenda Jackson
Played Alisa Brimley
Billie Whitelaw
Played Mad Janie
David Threlfall
Played Stanley Rode
Ronald Pickup
Played Felix D'Arcy
Matthew Scurfield
Played Inspector Rigby
Christian Bale
Played Tim Perkins
Diane Fletcher
Played Shane Hecht
Fiona Walker
Played Dorothy D'Arcy
Nick Reding
Played Sgt. Mellor
Michael Cochrane
Played Charles Hecht
Charles Pemberton
Played Sgt. Ted Mundy
William Armstrong
Played Rev. Fergus
Moray Watson
Played Maj. Harriman
Tim Dutton
Played Simon Snow
Helen Lindsay
Played Mrs. Harlowe
Samantha Womack
Played Alice Lawry
John Grillo
Played The Pathologist
Jane Montgomery
Played Mandy
Emily Raymond
Played Ann Snow
George Raistrick
Played Samuel Glaston
George Winter
Played Police Constable Dai
Thorley Walters
Played Bishop Harry
Joanna Jacobs
Played Stella Rode
Ben Lushbrook
Played Boxer
B. Davis
Played Plum
Nick Lewis
Played Friend of Perkins
Peter Snelling
Played Friend of Perkins
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