He might have come in from cold, but he went straight out into it again, and it turned tragic. The storyline was to incriminate the opposition leader, so that they would assassinate him, however there was a bit of a twist, since Leamas (Burton) was led down the garden path, instead it was the second in command who was to be incriminated, because his boss was really a double agent working for Britain, and his understudy suspected him, so Leamas was used as a decoy, so that could happen, still with me?
Leamas only came aware of this deception at the last, but was given a way out, and took it, but his woman friend (Bloom) was shot escaping to the west, why when they were being allowed to escape I am unsure, but this angle was not touched upon, as it was the end of the film, maybe it was in the book. Leamas, who was in love with said woman, gave himself up to be shot rather than escape to his double dealing bosses, who had put him in the firing line. So it was a tragedy, but as I said I am unsure why. It was well acted, the storyline was great, it was bleak, but that was natural for the film. The main reason for its success was that it was from the book by Le Carre.
Leamas only came aware of this deception at the last, but was given a way out, and took it, but his woman friend (Bloom) was shot escaping to the west, why when they were being allowed to escape I am unsure, but this angle was not touched upon, as it was the end of the film, maybe it was in the book. Leamas, who was in love with said woman, gave himself up to be shot rather than escape to his double dealing bosses, who had put him in the firing line. So it was a tragedy, but as I said I am unsure why. It was well acted, the storyline was great, it was bleak, but that was natural for the film. The main reason for its success was that it was from the book by Le Carre.