Crime Drama. From Ian Adams' book of the same name, "Agent of Influence" is based on a real story of the intrigue surrounding the mysterious death of one of Canada's most accomplished foreign diplomats, John Watkins. Director. Michel Poulette.
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- Crime, Drama
- Michel Poulette
- 2002-06
"Agent of Influence" is a TV movie from 2002. It is the disturbing true story of the CIA's falsely framing of the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR (Christopher Plummer) by exposing him as a Russian agent. In so doing, they want to force him to implicate the Prime Minister at the time, Pearson, as a Russian agent also.
- Michel Poulette
- Agent Productions, Alliance Atlantis
Summaries. From Ian Adams' book of the same name, "Agent of Influence" is based on a real story of the intrigue surrounding the mysterious death of one of Canada's most accomplished foreign diplomats, John Watkins. 1964. It's the height of the Cold War.
30 giu 2002 · 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 ...
Agent of Influence (TV) is a film directed by Michel Poulette with Christopher Plummer, Marina Orsini, Ted Whittall, Shaun Johnston .... Year: 2002. Original title: Agent of Influence. Synopsis: This story of espionage and counter-espionage is based on the novel by Ian Adams.
- Allen Smith
- Michel Poulette
- Canada
- Drama | Spy Film. Cold War. 1960s. TV Movie
"Agent of Influence" from 2002 is the disturbing true story of the CIA's framing of the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR (Christopher Plummer) by exposing him as a Russian agent. In so doing, they want to force him to implicate the Prime Minister at the time, Pearson. It stars Christopher Plummer, Marina Orsini, Ted Whittall, and Shaun Johnson.