A Murder of Quality
19911h 43m5.7
Mystery, Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genre
- Mystery
- Origin
- United Kingdom
About
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.
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Gavin Millar
- Writing
- John le Carré
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Oct 4, 1991
- Studio
- Portobello Pictures, Thames Television
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
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