Traitor (1971)
Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the USSR. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but not his country. The press find these beliefs incompatible, and want to find out why he became a ‘traitor’. Harris is plagued by anxieties over both his actions and his upper-class childhood, and drinks to a state of collapse
Director: Alan Bridges
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John Le Mesurier as Adrian Harris |
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Jack Hedley as James |
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Diana Fairfax as Lady Emma |
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Jon Laurimore as Thomas |
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Lyndon Brook as Sir Arthur Harris |
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Richard Marner as Michaelov |
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Terence Bayler as Duty Clerk |
| Writing | Dennis Potter | Writer |
| Directing | Alan Bridges | Director |
| Writing | Ann Scott | Script Editor |
| Art | Tony Abbott | Production Design |
| Editing | Peter Coulson | Editor |
| Production | Graeme MacDonald | Producer |