The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • It's made fairly clear that Ashe is gay (Leamas calls him a 'queer').
  • The strip club scene has the stripper down to g string and pasties shown in a muted but visible mirror.
  • The restaurant visited by Alec and a prisoner's aid worker has paintings of nude women on the wall.
  • Three characters meet at a strip club; a dancer (either stripping or doing a striptease) is seen behind them, but there is no nudity.

Violence & Gore

  • Checkpoint guards shoot and kill a spy.
  • Alec recounts a story of a violent car accident.
  • Alec violently assaults a store manager.
  • Mundt cold cocks Alec, who is offscreen. (mildly graphic)

Profanity

  • 10 instances of "bloody"
  • 7 instances of "hell"
  • 3 instances of "bastard(s)" "damn(ed)"
  • 1 instance of "bloody hell" "god's sake" "queers"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • At least 5 instance of cigarette smoking, 2 instances of pipe smoking, and 1 instances of cigar smoking.
  • 1 instance of drunkenness. Alec drinks throughout most of the first half of the film. Several instances of social drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Bernard Lee as the shopkeeper is seen handling raw meat without gloves.
  • The anti-Semitism of the East Germans is made very clear in several places.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A Communist spy kills Nan and Alec.

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