Agent of Influence (2002)
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.
Cast
Christopher Plummer
John Watkins
Marina Orsini
Diane Fletcher
Ted Whittall
Robert Madison
Shaun Johnston
David Present
Kurtis Sanheim
Sean Fitzpatrick
Alain Goulem
Murray Fletcher
Terry Lawrence
Chris Hayden
Paul Cœur
Charles Adair
Gregory Hlady
Gregory Aloysha
Cas Anvar
Khamal Rashid
Pierre Rivard
Mario Béliveau
Doug MacLeod
James Jesus Angleton
John Dunn-Hill
Andrei Gromyko
Noel Burton
Charles Bohen
Mark Camacho
Steve Lamboise
Lorne Brass
CIA Agent in France
France Arbour
Gypsy Matriarch
