Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The: The Criterion Collection (1965) Rating: Starring: Oskar Werner, Bernard Lee, Claire Bloom, Beatrix Lehmann, Robert Hardy, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Rupert Davies, Esmond Knight, Peter Van Eyck, George Voskovec Director: Martin Ritt Category: Drama, Foreign, Suspense / Thriller Studio: Criterion Subtitles: Length: 112 mins Want to buy?           John Le Carre's acclaimed bestselling novel, about a Cold War spy on one final, dangerous mission, is every bit as precise and ruthless onscreen in this adaptation directed by Martin Ritt. Richard Burton delivers one of his career-defining performances as Alec Leamas, whose hesitant but deeply felt relationship with a beautiful librarian (Claire Bloom) puts what he hopes will be his last assignment, in East Germany, in jeopardy. An intelligent, hard-edged, and even tragic thriller, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is etched with realism and suffused with genuine political and personal anxiety.