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Director
  
Geoff Murphy

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
November 25, 1989 (1989-11-25)

Red King, White Knight is a 1989 spy thriller television film starring Tom Skerritt, Max von Sydow, and Helen Mirren. It was written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Geoff Murphy. It was broadcast in the United States on 25 November 1989.

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Plot

The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.

Cast

  • Tom Skerritt as Stoner
  • Max von Sydow as Szaz
  • Helen Mirren as Anna
  • Tom Bell as Tulayev
  • Gavan O'Herlihy as Clancy
  • Barry Corbin as Bentick
  • Clarke Peters as Jones
  • Lou Hirsch as Baetz
  • Kerry Shale as Viktor

    • Production

    The television film was filmed in Budapest, Hungary and Washington D.C.

    References

    Red King, White Knight Wikipedia
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