The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

Year: 1965

Director: Martin Ritt

Writer: John le Carré, Paul Dehn, Guy Trosper

Cast: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom

Country: United Kingdom

Plot: Instead of coming in from field work during the Cold War and taking a desk job, British intelligence agent Alec Leamas chooses to take on another assignment.