Assassination of Trotsky, The: Jospeh Losey’s Contemplative Tale, Starring Alain Delon as Killer, Richard Burton as Soviet Emigre, with Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese

Though flawed in dramatic ways, there is much to admire about Joseph Losey’s The Assassination of Trotsky, an ambitious, contemplative historical feature.

Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The (1965): Martin Ritt’s Superlative Cold War Espionage Drama, Starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom

Richard Burton stars as an aging British spy, who is close to the end of his career.