Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.
Acting
Burton's own voice—shakespearean even ordering whiskey.
Direction
Palmer lets silences do the talking.
Writing
Bragg's interviews, brutal and tender.
Director
Tony Palmer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Palmer shot additional interviews for years after Burton's 1984 death, catching friends in various states of grief and denial.
The title's pun—'in from the cold' as spy returning, as corpse cooling, as warmth finally received too late.
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