Agent of Influence
2002-06-30 | 98 minutes
Plot Summary
This story of espionage and counter-espionage is based on the novel by Ian Adams. Suspicious circumstances surrounded the mysterious death of a Canadian diplomat. At the height of The Cold War in October 1964, John Watkins, Canada's former ambassador to Moscow and a close friend of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, is kidnapped and held in a hotel for questioning by the RCMP at the urging of the CIA. Several days into the interrogation he died. The official obituary claimed that he suffered a heart attack in the company of friends during a farewell supper celebrating his illustrious career.
Cast
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Christopher PlummerJohn Watkins
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Marina OrsiniDiane Fletcher
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Ted WhittallRobert Madison
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Shaun JohnstonDavid Present
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Kurtis SanheimSean Fitzpatrick
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Alain GoulemMurray Fletcher
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Paul CœurCharles Adair
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Gregory HladyGregory Aloysha
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Cas AnvarKhamal Rashid
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Pierre RivardMario Béliveau
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Doug MacLeodJames Jesus Angleton
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John Dunn-HillAndrei Gromyko
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Noel BurtonCharles Bohen
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Mark CamachoSteve Lamboise
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Lorne BrassCIA Agent in France
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France ArbourGypsy Matriarch