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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767072540
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767072545
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 28, 2004
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 15223
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Editorial Review:
Description:
Famed British spy novelist John Le Carré wrote the screenplay for A Murder of Quality, adapting it from his novel of the same name. Former Intelligence agent George Smiley investigates a murder within an elite British school. Storyline takes aim at the British class system. Stars British character actor Denholm Elliot (Noises Off), Glenda Jackson (Salomé’s Last Dance) and a young Christian Bale (Little Women, American Psycho).
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Movie for a Rainy Afternoon
Having the George Smiley movies played by Alec Giuness,
I looked forward to A Murder Of Quality.Unfortunately
eventhough I like Denholm Elliot,this was not one of
his best performances.I just couldn't believe that he
had the brains to solve anything,let alone a complicated
murder such as this.I do admit that if I hadn't seen
Alec Guiness play the part first,I might have been more
disposed to Elliot's performance.
As usual,Glenda Jackson is her brilliant ... Read More
Rating: - Murder Most Civilized...
Denholme Elliot does an understated but solid turn as John Le Carre's quintessential master spy George Smiley in this excellent made-for-TV version of "A Murder of Quality."
George Smiley is asked by a wartime colleague to visit the wife of a teacher at Carne, an exclusive English Prep School. The wife, who does not fit into the existing social set, fears for her life. By the time Smiley arrives, she has been murdered. The balance of the movie is Smiley's patient unpeeling of the complicated ... Read More
Rating: - Elliot's Smiley is still good
I feared that watching a George Smiley film without Alec Guinness might be disappointing, but Denholm Elliot won my heart immediately. He doesn't have the impressive presence of Guiness and is less fascinating to watch, but his version of Smiley is equally as endearing. Denholm's Smiley is even more self-deprecating that Guinness' which gives an interesting tone to the drama. All the other actors are first rate and the production is BBC quality--excellent. I found the story to be interesting but not fascinating, ... Read More
Rating: - A must for John le Carre fans
This is a good adaptation of the book, but Denholm Elliott, though a fine actor, is no Alec Guinness when it comes to playing George Smiley. If you can get over the fact the Alec Guinness is not George Smiley, this is a good murder mysterywith a good plat and fine acting. It was interesting to see Glenda Jackson in a movie that is dated just a few years before she became a member of parliament.
Rating: - what's going on?
a totally no-big-deal murder case. what we saw was bunch of brainless chain-smoking detectives pollute the crime scene; a very basic storyline that would have involved the sabbatical g. smiley.
a very lame story adapted into a lame and boring movie, wasted a lot money and talents. typical bbc for pbs viewers who adore british stuff no matter what. but fair is fair, good is good, bad is bad, and this is a very bad movie, unless, of course, you don't mind to waste couple of hours to evolve and maintain in a couch ... Read More
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