Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent
Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent | |
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Written by | Stephen Davis |
Directed by | Mick Jackson |
Starring | |
Music by | Peter Howell |
Production | |
Executive producer | David Elstein |
Producers | |
Cinematography | HBO Showcase |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | 7 September 1986 |
Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent is a 1986 American–British television drama produced by the
Mick Jackson
.
This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1964.
Plot
Three months after the assassination of President
CIA claiming to have been Lee Harvey Oswald's case officer, handler or contact. It resulted in a 3-year battle of wits between Nosenko and high-flying career US Government agent Steve Daley with the power politics inside the CIA.[4]
Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones as Steve Daley
- James Angleton
- Ed Lauter as Jerry Tyler
- Oleg Rudnik as Yuri Nosenko
- Edwin Adams as John Collins
- Kevin Cooney as Don Fisher
References
- ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Yuri Nosenko, Kgb".
- ^ ROSENBERG, HOWARD (5 September 1986). "'Yuri': On The Edge And in the Dark". Los Angeles Times.
- ISBN 9780160849442– via Google Books.
- ^ Panorama newspaper TV Highlights; 16/03/1987; Page 7
External links
- Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent at the Internet Movie Database