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Japan
No data
1965-05-26
USA
No data
1965-12-16
UK
(London) (premiere)
1966-01-13
UK
No data
1966-01-21
Brazil
No data
1966-01-31
West Germany
No data
1966-03-08
France
No data
1966-03-09
Netherlands
No data
1966-03-10
Finland
No data
1966-03-18
Austria
No data
1966-03-25
Belgium
(Gent)
1966-04-08
Spain
(Barcelona)
1966-04-10
Spain
(Madrid)
1966-04-10
Sweden
No data
1966-04-18
Italy
No data
1966-04-21
Hong Kong
No data
1966-04-28
Argentina
No data
1966-05-18
Denmark
No data
1966-07-18
South Africa
(Johannesburg) (charity premiere)
1966-10-11
South Africa
(Johannesburg)
1966-10-12
Mexico
No data
1967-07-27
Turkey
No data
1968-04
Australia
(DVD premiere)
2008-11-25
UK
(Cambridge) (Cambridge Film Festival)
2009-09-24
Poland
(Blu-ray release)
2013-09-10
Chile
(re-release) (limited: Cine UC)
2017-08-30
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(Original title)
El espía que vino del frío
Argentina
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Australia
Spion aan de muur
Belgium (Flemish title)
O Espião que Saiu do Frio
Brazil
Шпионинът, който дойде от студа
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Canada (English title)
L'espion qui venait du froid
Canada (French title)
El espía que vino del frío
Chile
Špión, který přišel z chladu
Czechoslovakia
Spionen der kom ind fra kulden
Denmark
Vakoilija kylmästä
Finland
Spionen från kylan
Finland (Swedish title)
L'espion qui venait du froid
France
Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam
Germany
Ο κατάσκοπος που γύρισε απ' το κρύο
Greece
O kataskopos pou gyrise ap' to kryo
Greece (transliterated title)
A kém, aki a hidegből jött
Hungary
A kém utolsó akciója
Hungary (alternative title)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Israel (English title)
La spia che venne dal freddo
Italy
寒い国から帰ったスパイ
Japan (Japanese title)
Alto espionaje
Mexico
Spion aan de muur
Netherlands
Spionen som kom inn fra kulden
Norway
Szpieg, który przyszedł z zimnej strefy
Poland
Szpieg, który wyszedł z zimna
Poland (alternative title)
O Espião Que Saiu do Frio
Portugal
Spionul care a venit din frig
Romania
Špijun koji je došao sa hladnoće
Serbia
Шпион, пришедший с холода
Soviet Union (Russian title)
El espía que surgió del frío
Spain
Spionen som kom in från kylan
Sweden
冷戰諜魂
Taiwan
Utanç Duvarında Casusluk
Turkey (Turkish title)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
UK
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
USA
Шпигун, який повернувся з холоду
Ukraine (new title)
Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam
West Germany
Sex & Nudity
Mild
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
Moderate
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
Mild
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
Moderate
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
Mild
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.