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.
Length 98 minutes
Christopher Plummer | Marina Orsini | Ted Whittall | Shaun Johnston | Kurtis Sanheim | Alain Goulem | Terry Lawrence | Paul Coeur | Gregory Hlady | Cas Anvar | Norman Edge | Pierre Rivard | Al Holt | Doug MacLeod | John Dunn-Hill | Noël Burton | Mark Camacho | Lorne Brass | Lori Ravensborg | France Arbour | Ari Snyder | Adrian Burhop | Bonfield Marcoux | Serge Christianssens