3 Movies Starring Michael Jayston

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-12-13

Languages:

English, French, German, Russian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

183 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3099 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Edward Bond (additional dialogue)

James Goldman (screenplay)

Robert K. Massie (book)

Fullplot:

The tragic story of Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. It is an inside look into the private lives of Nicholas and his wife Alexandra, their daughters, their only son and the painful secret about their son and heir apparent which bound the Imperial Couple to the mystical Rasputin, and the eventual execution of the entire family.

The Public Eye

The Public Eye

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-07-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (399 Reviews)

Director:

Carol Reed

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Shaffer (play)

Peter Shaffer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When a straight-laced British accountant marries a free-spirited American, he starts trying to change her. His wife doesn't keep regular hours, so he suspects an affair and hires a detective (Topol). The wife notices she is being followed, and maintaining their distance she and the detective explore London for 10 days in a game of follow-the-leader without ever exchanging a word.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-09-29

Languages:

English, Czech, Russian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

290 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.7 (4715 Reviews)

Fullplot:

George Smiley has been retired for about a year when he finds a friend from the Circus, his old outfit in British Intelligence, sitting in his living room. He is taken to the home of an advisor to the Prime Minister on intelligence matters, where he finds evidence that one of the men in the senior ranks of his old agency is a Russian spy. Smiley is asked to find him, without official access to any of the files in the Circus or letting on that anyone is under suspicion. With only a few old friends, his own powers of deduction, and secrecy as weapons, Smiley must unearth the spy who turned him out of the Circus.

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