Agent of Influence
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.
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Michel Poulette
Director
John Dunn-Hill
as
Andrei Gromyko
Shaun Johnston
as
David Present
Marina Orsini
as
Diane Fletcher
Mark Camacho
as
Steve Lamboise
