Agent of Influence

Agent of Influence

98 mins | Thriller | June 30, 2002

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.

Agent of Influence

98 mins | Thriller | June 30, 2002

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Alliance Atlantis Communications, Agent Productions
Original title Agent of Influence
Directors Michel Poulette
Writers Ian Adams, Riley Adams

Cast

Christopher Plummer

as John Watkins

Marina Orsini

as Diane Fletcher

Ted Whittall

as Robert Madison

Shaun Johnston

as David Present

Kurtis Sanheim

as Sean Fitzpatrick

Alain Goulem

as Murray Fletcher