Agent of Influence

(2002)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Thriller

Year: 2002

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Canada

Director: Michel Poulette

Cast: Кристофер Пламмер, Marina Orsini, Тед Уиттэлл, Шон Джонстон, Kurtis Sanheim, Alain Goulem, Terry Lawrence, Пол Койер, Григорий Гладий, Кэс Анвар

Plot

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.