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.
as John Watkins
as Diane Fletcher
as Robert Madison
as David Present
as Sean Fitzpatrick
as Murray Fletcher
as Chris Hayden
as Charles Adair
as Gregory Aloysha
as Khamal Rashid
as Fletcher Sr.
as Mario Béliveau
as Charles Blackburn
as James Jesus Angleton
as Andrei Gromyko
as Charles Bohen
as Steve Lamboise
as CIA Agent in France
as Coroner's Assistant
as Gypsy Matriarch
as Old Gypsy Patriarch
as Young Gypsy Man
as Front Desk Clerk
as Newspaper Man
