The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Anthony Blunt is an eminent Cambridge-educated art historian who is also working as a spy for the Soviet Union. In love with double agent Guy Burgess, he helps Burgess get yet another treasonous British agent to safety in Moscow. When Burgess unexpectedly defects as well, the government becomes suspicious of Blunt, but investigators have trouble believing such a refined and aristocratic gentleman would ever betray his nation and his class.
Ratings
TMDB5/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- John GlenisterDirector
- Robin ChapmanWriter
Cast
- Ian RichardsonAnthony Blunt
- Anthony HopkinsGuy Burgess
- Michael WilliamsGoronwy Rees
- Rosie KerslakeMargie Rees
- Geoffrey ChaterGuy Liddell
- Albert WellingVasily
- Michael McStayDonald Maclean
Stills
Themes
spyspy thriller