Spy Film & Literature Flashcards
The film adaptation of this 1963 John Le Carre novel stars Richard Burton as Alec Lamaus, a British agent sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
The plot of this Cary Grant-starring film is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization trying to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle out microfilm that contains government secrets.
North By Northwest
This James Bond film, while not the first, is based on the first novel ever written by Ian Fleming.
Casino Royale
This 1981 film stars Donald Sutherland as a German spy named Faber is trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, and must spend time with a young woman who soon discovers she’s alone with the murderer of her crippled husband.
Eye of the Needle
This 1998 John Frankenheimer film centers around a team of mercenaries sent to recover a briefcase that has fallen into criminals hands. This team includes, among others, Sean Bean and Jean Reno.
Ronin
Jason Bourne is the central character in a series of novels by this author.
Robert Ludlum
In this novel, the head of MI6 dispatches an agent to meet with a Hungarian general who knows the identity of a Soviet spy in the organization’s ranks. The mission goes wrong, and the general dies before he can reveal the information. It was turned into a film in 2011.
Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy
Angelina Jolie stars in this 2010 film about a CIA officer who is accused by a defector of being a Russian spu.
Salt
This ’60s TV show was converted into a film by Guy Ritchie in 2015.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
George Clooney’s directorial debut was this 2002 film that centers around a game show producer / covert assassin.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
