A Murder of Quality

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Denholm Elliott

George Smiley

Age : 70 | Popularity : 7%

Joss Ackland

Terence Fielding

Age : 96 | Popularity : 21%

Glenda Jackson

Alisa Brimley

Age : 87 | Popularity : 13%

Billie Whitelaw

Mad Janie

Age : 82 | Popularity : 13%

David Threlfall

Stanley Rode

Age : 70 | Popularity : 7%

Ronald Pickup

Felix D'Arcy

Age : 83 | Popularity : 13%

Matthew Scurfield

Inspector Rigby

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Christian Bale

Tim Perkins

Age : 50 | Popularity : 75%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Denis Crossan
Production	Producer	Eric Abraham
	Executive Producer	Brian Walcroft
Writing	Screenplay	John le Carré
	Novel	John le Carré
Sound	Music	Stanley Myers
Editing	Editor	Angus Newton
Directing	Director	Gavin Millar
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup & Hair	Louise Fisher
	Makeup Artist	Petrona Winton Annie McEwan
	Costume Design	Ann Sinclair
Art	Production Design	Grant Hicks
	Art Direction	Eddie Andres
Department	Role	Name

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