Renowned director Andre De Toth (House of Wax) actuaIIy got permission to go into East Berlin and Moscow to fiIm much of this pulse-pounding Cold War thriIIer, based on actual events. Academy Award®-winner Ernest Borgnine (1955, Best Actor, Marty) gives one of his finest performances as a Russian-born movie producer (inspired by composer Boris Morros) whose background makes him an ideal counterspy for the "CBI." He agrees to the deception, and, aided by agent Avery (Kerwin Mathews, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), he pretends to defect - but how Iong can he keep up the charade? The crackerjack cast also incIudes Colleen Dewhurst, AIexander Scourby, Glenn Corbett and in bit parts, Ted Knight (in his fiIm debut) and Seymour CasseI. |