A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality

1991 · 103 min · ★ 5.7 · Mystery, Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Gavin Millar · Written by John le Carré

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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

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