A Murder of Quality (1991)

  • NR
  • 10/04/1991 (GB)
  • Mystery, Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 43m

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.

Gavin Millar

Director

John le Carré

Novel, Screenplay

Cast

Denholm Elliott's headshot

Denholm Elliott

George Smiley
Joss Ackland's headshot

Joss Ackland

Terence Fielding
Glenda Jackson's headshot

Glenda Jackson

Alisa Brimley
Billie Whitelaw's headshot

Billie Whitelaw

Mad Janie
David Threlfall's headshot

David Threlfall

Stanley Rode
Ronald Pickup's headshot

Ronald Pickup

Felix D'Arcy
Matthew Scurfield's headshot

Matthew Scurfield

Inspector Rigby
Christian Bale's headshot

Christian Bale

Tim Perkins

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