The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1965

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: The film makes you believe it could have happened. And that's the remarkable thing. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Grim, monotonous, and rather facile, though Richard Burton's aging agent has some honest poignancy. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: What finally impresses, however, is the sheer seediness of so much of the film, with characters, buildings, and landscapes lent convincingly grubby life by Oswald Morris' excellent monochrome camera-work. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: An excellent contemporary espionage drama of the Cold War which achieves solid impact via emphasis on human values, total absence of mechanical spy gimmickry, and perfectly controlled underplaying. Read more