A Murder of Quality

Audience Score
57
A Murder of Quality
NR 1 hr 43 minDrama, Mystery, TV Movie
At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode Brimley had only just received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husbands hand The husband Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wifes death As Smiley investigates he learns that Stella was a nosy busybody who loved to learn others little secrets and then gossip about them or possibly blackmail them When a student is killed and Smiley unearths a secret he has the evidence to name the killerBased on John Le Carrés 1962 thriller his first in which George Smiley is brought out of spy retirement to solve a murder in a British public school The setting is based on Le Carres own schooldays in Sherborne and his brief experience teaching at Eton

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:December 28th, 2004 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Brian Walcroft
Production Companies:Portobello Pictures Thames Television