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We know you can't get enough of spy thrillers, and we've got just the watch for you tonight to scratch that itch. Bridge of Spies, the acclaimed 2015 spy thriller starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance, ...

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, a towering work of twentieth-century fiction, comes to the West End for what promises to be the theatrical event of the autumn: a journey through the fog-shrouded ...

Movies about espionage often don't age well, but hidden gems like The Ipcress File, Where Eagles Dare, and Hopscotch hold up strikingly well.

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While Ralph Harry never discussed his real job, his son has no doubt he was involved in 'black ops' - covert espionage ...