Released
Agent of Influence
June 30 2002 (over 22 years ago)Rating
70
Based on
3 reviews
- Director: Michel Poulette
- Genre: Thriller
- Runtime: 1 h 38 m
- Country: Canada
- Companies: Agent Productions, Alliance Atlantis
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.
