Agent of Influence
7
98 minutes
6/30/2002
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 List
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
Terry Lawrence
as Chris Hayden
Paul Cœur
as Charles Adair
Gregory Hlady
as Gregory Aloysha
Cas Anvar
as Khamal Rashid
Norman Edge
as Fletcher Sr.
Pierre Rivard
as Mario Béliveau
Al Holt
as Charles Blackburn
Doug MacLeod
as James Jesus Angleton
John Dunn-Hill
as Andrei Gromyko
Noel Burton
as Charles Bohen
Mark Camacho
as Steve Lamboise
Lorne Brass
as CIA Agent in France
Lori Ravensborg
as Coroner's Assistant
France Arbour
as Gypsy Matriarch
Ari Snyder
as Old Gypsy Patriarch
Adrian Burhop
as Young Gypsy Man
Bonfield Marcoux
as Front Desk Clerk
Serge Christianssens
as Newspaper Man