Agent of Influence
Agent of Influence
Release: 2002-06-30
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 7.0
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
Agent Productions
Alliance Atlantis
Cast
Shaun Johnston
as David Present
Alain Goulem
as Murray Fletcher
Paul Cœur
as Charles Adair
Gregory Hlady
as Gregory Aloysha
John Dunn-Hill
as Andrei Gromyko
Mark Camacho
as Steve Lamboise
Christopher Plummer
as John Watkins
Marina Orsini
as Diane Fletcher
Pierre Rivard
as Mario Béliveau
Cas Anvar
as Khamal Rashid
Noel Burton
as Charles Bohen
France Arbour
as Gypsy Matriarch
Serge Christianssens
as Newspaper Man
Ted Whittall
as Robert Madison
Kurtis Sanheim
as Sean Fitzpatrick
Terry Lawrence
as Chris Hayden
Doug MacLeod
as James Jesus Angleton
Lorne Brass
as CIA Agent in France
