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The Pigeon Tunnel( 2023)

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Stories from the life of John le Carré.

Overview

Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former spy known to the literary world as John le Carré.

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      John le Carré

      Self

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      Jake Dove

      Teenage David Cornwell

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      Charlotte Hamblin

      Olive Cornwell

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      Garry Cooper

      Ronnie Cornwell

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      Simon Harrison

      Kim Philby

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      Douglas Rankine

      Rudolf Hess

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      Dominik Dervaics

      Tony Cornwell

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      Mike Noble

      Adult David Cornwell

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Oct 20 2023
    Did you know that "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" by a certain David Cromwell (aka John Le Carré) sold between 12-15 million physical copies? That's before Richard Burton took on the mantle of "Lemeas" from that novel and long before Sir Alec Guinness took on the part of the forensic super-spy "George Smiley" in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and that gives us quite an indication as the phenomenal success of this writer who basically bares his soul here in a one-to-one with Errol Morris. Spurred on only sparingly by the director, we are left with what is an succinct and informative retrospecti...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • british spy
    • crime fiction writer