A Murder of Quality (1991)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.789 |
Directed By
Gavin Millar
Crew
Petrona Winton
Annie McEwan
Ann Sinclair
Louise Fisher
Brian Walcroft
Eddie Andres
Grant Hicks
Gavin Millar
John le Carré
Denis Crossan
Stanley Myers
Gail Stevens
Angus Newton
John le Carré
Eric Abraham
TOP CAST
Denholm Elliott
George Smiley
Joss Ackland
Terence Fielding
Glenda Jackson
Alisa Brimley
Billie Whitelaw
Mad Janie
David Threlfall
Stanley Rode
Ronald Pickup
Felix D'Arcy
Matthew Scurfield
Inspector Rigby
Christian Bale
Tim Perkins
Diane Fletcher
Shane Hecht
Fiona Walker
Dorothy D'Arcy
Nick Reding
Sgt. Mellor
Michael Cochrane
Charles Hecht
Charles Pemberton
Sgt. Ted Mundy
William Armstrong
Rev. Fergus
Moray Watson
Maj. Harriman
Tim Dutton
Simon Snow
Helen Lindsay
Mrs. Harlowe
Samantha Womack
Alice Lawry
John Grillo
The Pathologist
Jane Montgomery
Mandy
Emily Raymond
Ann Snow
George Raistrick
Samuel Glaston
George Winter
Police Constable Dai
Thorley Walters
Bishop Harry
Joanna Jacobs
Stella Rode
Ben Lushbrook
Boxer
B. Davis
Plum
Nick Lewis
Friend of Perkins
Peter Snelling
Friend of Perkins