Agent of Influence
30/06/2002
2h



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


Christopher Plummer
John Watkins


Marina Orsini
Diane Fletcher


Ted Whittall
Robert Madison


Shaun Johnston
David Present


Kurtis Sanheim
Sean Fitzpatrick


Alain Goulem
Murray Fletcher


Terry Lawrence
Chris Hayden


Paul Cœur
Charles Adair


Gregory Hlady
Gregory Aloysha


Cas Anvar
Khamal Rashid
Norman Edge
Fletcher Sr.


Pierre Rivard
Mario Béliveau
Al Holt
Charles Blackburn


Doug MacLeod
James Jesus Angleton


John Dunn-Hill
Andrei Gromyko


Noel Burton
Charles Bohen


Mark Camacho
Steve Lamboise


Lorne Brass
CIA Agent in France
Lori Ravensborg
Coroner's Assistant


France Arbour
Gypsy Matriarch
Ari Snyder
Old Gypsy Patriarch
Adrian Burhop
Young Gypsy Man
Bonfield Marcoux
Front Desk Clerk


Serge Christianssens
Newspaper Man
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