Agent of Influence

Agent of Influence (2002)

Thriller

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.

Director: Michel Poulette

Casts

	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

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