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Tuesday, July 08, 2014

The Last Vicar

This clip from Smiley's People shows why so many of us were fans of Alec Guinness as spymaster George Smiley.

Perfect casting.

2 comments:

  1. LA Grant5:39 AM

    Reminds me of my days at NATO. I worked in passing with a Brit in the office next to the front office a lot like Oliver. Even the furniture looks the same.

    Love the series, though. Le Carre did a great job on those stories. He got a little crazy in later years (for me, an American cousin), but still very good.

    Thanks for sharing, Michael

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  2. Larry,

    You're welcome.

    I was a major Le Carre fan in his early years before he slipped into moral equivalence and anti-Americanism. This clip is nudging me to re-read his earlier novels.

    Michael

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