Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

HotToastyRag The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has been heralded as the best Cold War spy movie. I often find those movies confusing, so forgive me if my plot teaser seems a little muddled. Then again, the movie is supposed to be a little confusing, so I don't feel that bad.Richard Burton is a British agent during the Cold War who's sent to East Germany. He's supposed to pretend he's been disgraced and is defecting, but that's just a ruse in order to infiltrate the bad guys and gain information. I was confused just by that, and that was only the beginning! The rest of the film has twists and turns, complications, characters you're not sure if you can trust, facts that might turn out to be lies, and above all, a depressingly bleak black-and-white ambiance.This is definitely a man's movie, or for girls who don't confuse easily and actually like spy movies. This isn't like a James Bond movie; there's no cheesy humor and no bikini clad babes. This is an understated drama, and when Burton isn't talking, he's silently seething like a bomb liable to explode at any moment. It's pretty intense.

Claudio Carvalho In the 60's, during the Cold War, the operative Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) loses his last agent in East Berlin when he is shot while crossing the border. Leamas travels to London to meet his Chief Control (Cyril Cusack). They have a meeting and Control asks him to lure the East Germans to make them believe that their agent Hans-Dieter Mundt (Peter Van Eyck) is a double agent and use the Jewish agent Fiedler (Oskar Werner), who is under the command of Mundt and hates him, to expose Mundt to get rid off him. Leamas poses of alcoholic defector without any pension that finds a job in a library. Soon he becomes lover of the naive Nan Perry (Claire Bloom), who works with him in the library and belongs to the Communist Party. Leamas is arrested for fighting in a store and when he is discharged from jail, an East German agent recruits him and they travel to Netherlands. Then they travel to East German where Leamas meets Fiedler that uses his information to accuse Mundt. They go to a tribunal and out of the blue, Mundt's attorney summons a mysterious witness. Who might be this witness?"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" is a film with an amoral spy story of manipulation, seduction and betrayal. The plot point is absolutely unexpected and the explanation of the behavior of a spy of Leamas to Nan is cruel. The performances are outstanding and the conclusion is depressive. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "O Espião que Veio do Frio" ("The Spy Who Came in from the Cold")

Otilia Huszar Having read the first 4 of John Le Carre's 'George Smiley' books, I might say "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" is my personal favorite.I never thought I would one day like a black and white movie (especially a movie made after a novel...). Somehow, nowadays, script writers turn the plot around 180 degrees and most of the times it seems like the book and the movie have nothing in common (or the movie lacks scenes that are vital for the action). But not this movie. Considering the year during which it had been filmed, I might say that it's quite good. Not impressive. But watchable without finding yourself doing something else in the meantime out of boredom.

MisterWhiplash 'Cold' the precognitive word. Shot in a black and white that almost evokes film noir, or even Franz Kafka, this is dark, soul-disturbing, and you should make sure to pay attention (for the love of God put the phone away during this). And it may have been Richard Burton's best performance next to Virginia Woolf, full of fiery drama, some sulking, but plenty of life and vitality sometimes under the surface and sometimes bursting to a point that you feel this character's conflict and pain, which is interesting since it has to burst out from a surface that is, yes, cold and unforgiving.The only thing I didn't quite buy is how quickly Bloom falls in love with Burton early on. That could've used a little more time, and perhaps it was there in the book. But ultimately where this all leads is captivating. How it entirely ties in with the 'Tinker Tailor' world I'm not sure outside George Smiley, but then again it's Control (aka 'The Circus') and home to a whole lot of f***-all-y'all espionage but without the mega-gunfire of a Bond.