John Gielgud
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Secret Agent: With Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham. John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
- (1.5K)
- 1965-04-03
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- 49
- 30 Confessions of A Dangerous Mind
- 29 Spy Game
- 28 Salt
Sam Rockwell Stars As Gong Show Host Chuck Barris
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind might be one of the most unusual secret agent movies because it tells the often disputed tale of Chuck Barris. While most of the world knows Barris as a TV game show host (The Gong Show), he wrote an "unauthorized biography" where Barris claims he worked as a CIA assassinat the same time as he was a television host. In Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Sam Rockwell plays Barris while George Clooney directs and Julia Roberts has a key role as well. The movie play...
Robert Redford & Brad Pitt In An Espionage Thriller
When CIA agent Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) is arrested for espionage, his mentor Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) gets pulled from the edge of a long-awaited retirement as he sets out to free his old friend. Spy Game delves into the partnership between the two agents, going back to the Vietnam War and stretching into the modern spy world. Director Tony Scott's high-energy filmmaking mixed with an intelligent script makes for a great "race against the clock" entry in the spy movies genre. Seeing two ge...
Angelina Jolie Stars As A Russian Sleeper Agent
In Salt, the usual formula for spy movies is flipped when the protagonist is revealed to be a Russian sleeper agent. Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a sleeper cell who is compelled to start a nuclear holocaust but fights to override her programming. Like any of the best secret agent movies, Saltkeeps information hidden until it's revealed in the finale. Director Phillip Noyce is no stranger to the espionage genre, previously directing both of the Jack Ryan movies with Harrison Ford in the lea...
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Mar 15, 2024 · Sidney Reilly, popularized as the “Ace of Spies,” is one particularly famous secret agent. Born under the name Rosenblum in 1870s Russia, he left Russia after being targeted by the Tsarist secret police, the Okhrana, for subversive activities.
Apr 18, 2023 · You want to watch secret agents carry out thrilling missions using all the tools at their disposal, from computer hacking to hand-to-hand combat. Because there’s nothing like a globetrotting,...
Apr 16, 2024 · The tension and suspense of a well-made secret agent movie or TV series can be palpable, and that's the excitement of these spy shows.
What is espionage? Are spies real? Learn about the shadow world of secret agents and undercover missions with these spy facts from the International Spy Museum.
