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Agent of Influence (2002)

Agent of Influence (2002)

Thriller
Release Date: 2002, June 30
Directors: Michel Poulette
Countries: Canada
Production: Agent Productions, Alliance Atlantis
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Mark Camacho, Lorne Brass, Gregory Hlady, John Dunn-Hill, Ted Whittall, Doug MacLeod, Cas Anvar, Serge Christianssens, France Arbour, Alain Goulem, Kurtis Sanheim

Overview:

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.