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19911h 43mEnglish

A Murder of Quality

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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.

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DirectorGavin Millar

Cast

Denholm Elliott as George Smiley

Denholm Elliott

George Smiley

Joss Ackland as Terence Fielding

Joss Ackland

Terence Fielding

Glenda Jackson as Alisa Brimley

Glenda Jackson

Alisa Brimley

Billie Whitelaw as Mad Janie

Billie Whitelaw

Mad Janie

David Threlfall as Stanley Rode

David Threlfall

Stanley Rode

Ronald Pickup as Felix D'Arcy

Ronald Pickup

Felix D'Arcy

Matthew Scurfield as Inspector Rigby

Matthew Scurfield

Inspector Rigby

Christian Bale as Tim Perkins

Christian Bale

Tim Perkins

Diane Fletcher as Shane Hecht

Diane Fletcher

Shane Hecht

Fiona Walker as Dorothy D'Arcy

Fiona Walker

Dorothy D'Arcy