Agent of Influence(2002)

Name: Agent of Influence
Director: Michel Poulette
Genre: Thriller
Released: 2002-01-01
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Marina Orsini, Ted Whittall, Shaun Johnston, Kurtis Sanheim

Christopher Plummer Marina Orsini Ted Whittall Shaun Johnston Kurtis Sanheim

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.