The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

Academy Awards, USA 1966

Nominated Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Richard Burton
	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Hal Pereira Tambi Larsen Ted Marshall Josie MacAvin

Paramount Pictures
Directed by Martin Ritt
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Paramount)

Aging British spy Richard Burton is sent on one last mission to East Germany. He poses as a drunkard and takes a series of demeaning jobs, all in order to entrap a British double agent helping the Germans. Along the way he falls in love with idealistic communist Claire Bloom, whom he tries to protect when the going gets tough. Dialogue-heavy story which Burton chews up and spits out never gets going until the final scene, but it's hardly worth the effort.