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Nov 29, 1998 · Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within: Directed by John Mackenzie. With Timothy Hutton, Joan Plowright, Elizabeth Peña, C. David Johnson. Fact-based story about a 1990s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in U.S. history.
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- Drama, Thriller
- John Mackenzie
- 1998-11-29
1 hr 38 mins. Drama, Suspense. PG. Watchlist. Timothy Hutton dons a trenchcoat to play the notorious CIA turncoat in this docudrama chronicling perhaps the worst case of espionage in U.S. history....
True story of Aldrich Ames, former head of counter-espionage for the CIA, who is currently serving a life sentence in prison for passing secrets to the KGB during the course of eight years in order for him and his wife Rosario Ames to pay off amassed debts.
- John Mackenzie
- Timothy Hutton
When a CIA bureaucrat (Timothy Hutton) and his wife (Elizabeth Peña) amass huge debts, he decides to sell information to the KGB.
- John Mackenzie
- TV-14
- Timothy Hutton
In 2023, Ames was mentioned in the TV series Billions in season 7, episode 4, in reference to the character Mike Prince going down as Aldrich Ames as a traitor. In 2023, Ames' repeated acts of treason, his eventual capture and imprisonment, were mentioned in the BBC TV series, Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game .
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Fact-based story about a 1990s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in U.S. history. Aldrich Ames (Timothy Hutton) was a middle class C.I.A. Agent, whose problems with alcohol and general ineptness had kept him from rising further in the ranks of the agency.