Great Spy shows and films

STEED · 05-03-07, 08:48 AM

We have done Police shows and now it's time to move in to the murky world of spy's, what were your favourite TV series and films?

For me there can only be two from TV.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the sequel Smiley's People starring Alec Guinness as George Smiley, both these series were top notch and brilliant.

From the world of films I stick to John Le Carre again with the classic

The Spy who came in from the cold which even today is a great film and in my opinion the best performance from Richard Burton.

And not forgetting the other cold war classic Ice Station Zebra as we all know is a great film

The Avon Lady · 05-03-07, 09:27 AM

TV? Get Smart :p and the original Mission Impossible series.

Movies? Spy Game with Robert Redford. But how can one not nominate that classic The Day of the Jakal!

KevinB · 05-03-07, 09:31 AM

I Spy with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby.

Ishmael · 05-03-07, 12:21 PM

Concur with the above choices with a few additions:

The Secret Agent with David Suchet. From the Joseph Conrad Story

The Constant Gardner & The Little Drummer Girl by Le Carre'

The Bourne movies by Ludlum

Reilly, Ace of Spies. With Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly.

Three Days of the Condor, very prescient for these times. Favorite line:
"I don't remember yesteday. Today it rained."

The Package with Gene Hackman & Tommy Lee Jones

Our Man In Havana with Guiness & Noel Coward by Graham Greene

Syriana with George Clooney

And the all time classic, The Third Man with Orson Welles as Harry Lime.

I haven't seen the Ed Wilson biopic yet but it looks pretty good & close to what I already knew about Wilson.

The one movie I'd like to see made would be a bio of Markus Wolf of the Stasi, the template for the Karla character in the Le Carre' series.

Tchocky · 05-03-07, 02:20 PM

The Ipcress File

Funeral In Berlin

STEED · 05-03-07, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

The Ipcress File

Funeral In Berlin

I am glad you did not mention the third one.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Great Spy shows and films We have done Police shows and now it's time to move in to the murky world of spy's, what were your favourite TV series and films? For me there can only be two from TV. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the sequel Smiley's People starring Alec Guinness as George Smiley, both these series were top notch and brilliant. From the world of films I stick to John Le Carre again with the classic The Spy who came in from the cold which even today is a great film and in my opinion the best performance from Richard Burton. And not forgetting the other cold war classic Ice Station Zebra as we all know is a great film __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	TV? Get Smart :p and the original Mission Impossible series. Movies? Spy Game with Robert Redford. But how can one not nominate that classic The Day of the Jakal! __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	The Ipcress File Funeral In Berlin __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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KevinB Planesman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 195 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I Spy with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby.

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Ishmael Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morro Bay, Ca. Posts: 659 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Concur with the above choices with a few additions: The Secret Agent with David Suchet. From the Joseph Conrad Story The Constant Gardner & The Little Drummer Girl by Le Carre' The Bourne movies by Ludlum Reilly, Ace of Spies. With Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly. Three Days of the Condor, very prescient for these times. Favorite line: "I don't remember yesteday. Today it rained." The Package with Gene Hackman & Tommy Lee Jones Our Man In Havana with Guiness & Noel Coward by Graham Greene Syriana with George Clooney And the all time classic, The Third Man with Orson Welles as Harry Lime. I haven't seen the Ed Wilson biopic yet but it looks pretty good & close to what I already knew about Wilson. The one movie I'd like to see made would be a bio of Markus Wolf of the Stasi, the template for the Karla character in the Le Carre' series.