Agent of Influence 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.

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