Talk:The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film)

Ways the Film Differs from the Book

I saw and read each, respectively, a long time ago but remember interesting differences. Who would be able to write about this? Interlingua ^{talk email} 12:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

50th Anniversary of the book / call for contributions

It was just the 50th anniversary of the book, long considered one of the greatest novels to come out of the Cold War. It will be the film version's turn in three years. The film, like all other famous black and white films (Marty, Yojimbo, Jules and Jim, etc) disappeared from view in the Seventies when TV decided the public would only watch color programs. That has created a real "opportunity for scholars", as we call it in academia-- an acclaimed work neglected for trivial reasons. I hope we can enlarge this article.Profhum (talk) 18:44, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Capitalisation

I note that the author's official website has introduced the cap-initialised spelling The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, which surely seems more appropriate than the Google-favoured ...in from the Cold. However, the website is inconsistent on the issue. It also has to be said that John le Carré appears to have tolerated the present version for many years, giving little justification for changing it in Wikipedia. Bjenks (talk) 02:23, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Chef Sauce/Lyons Tea

In the shop where Leamas insists he is "an Irishman" and demands credit before assaulting the shopkeeper who refuses him, several Irish brands are conspicuously diaplayed, including the two mentioned above. These brands were (and still are) exclusive to Ireland, and would not have been sold in British shops of the 1960's. Can anyone figure out the significance of this? Hanoi Road (talk) 21:44, 22 April 2020 (UTC)