The Alec Guinness "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is absolutely superb.

> To me Alec Guinness just is George Smiley, far more then he is Ben Kenobi.

Now THAT is a superb recommendation. Downloading it now.

Agreed about the book and miniseries, but for me the problem with the film is that the book "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is one of the great character-driven spy thrillers, so while the film on its own is not a bad film, it dumped vast sections of character development to get down to 127 minutes.