Factual error: George Smiley stays in a hotel near Liverpool St Station, London to investigate the spy at the heart of the circus. There is one scene where we see, from above, a train leaving the station. Liverpool St station is electrified using overhead wires - the train is leaving a station using a different electrification system called 3rd rail which has never existed at Liverpool St.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong
Genres: Thriller
Bill Haydon (Colin Firth) is the mole. And while in custody before he is deported to Moscow, he is shot by Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong).
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Question: In the beginning of the movie when the guy is shot while sipping coffee in that outdoor little cafe, the assassin fires two rounds. #1 hits the young mother in the forehead, #2 kills the guy sitting at the little table, then the spy is shot. He only fires twice, so how did he kill 3 people?
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Answer: I've watched the scene several times - the people at the cafe are the British spy Prideaux, his contact, the young mother, an old man behind them and two men to the right side. When Prideaux walks away, the waiter runs out and fires wildly, hitting the mother in the head. He then fires again and hits Prideaux in the back. No one else appears to have been hit, the other men at the cafe are just moving to get out of the way.
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