Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent

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Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent
Written byStephen Davis
Directed byMick Jackson
Starring
Music byPeter Howell
Production
Executive producerDavid Elstein
Producers
Cinematography
HBO Showcase
Original release
NetworkHBO
Release7 September 1986 (1986-09-07)

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

References

  1. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Yuri Nosenko, Kgb".
  2. ^ ROSENBERG, HOWARD (5 September 1986). "'Yuri': On The Edge And in the Dark". Los Angeles Times.
  3. – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Panorama newspaper TV Highlights; 16/03/1987; Page 7

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