John LeCarre's Call for the Dead was the basis for this gloomy, complex spy story. James Mason plays a British secret agent puzzled by the sudden suicide of Foreign Office higher-up Robert Flemyng.

Murder and a battle of wits involving an artist (Hardy Kruger), his inamorata (Micheline Presle) and Scotland Yard (Stanley Baker). Westover: John Van Eyssen. Sir Brian: Robert Flemyng. Fine acting.

One of the most compelling yet often overlooked British war films, The Man Who Never Was (1956), is now available for streaming on BBC iPlayer. This classic espionage thriller, directed by Ronald ...