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  2. Jun 11, 2020 · Learn how attorney James Donovan defended a Soviet spy and negotiated his exchange for an American pilot in the Cold War. Find out the real-life events and people that inspired the movie starring Tom Hanks.

  3. Oct 9, 2015 · How accurate is the 2015 movie starring Tom Hanks as the lawyer who defended a Soviet spy? Find out the facts and differences between the film and the real events, from the capture of Abel to the Glienicker Bridge exchange.

  4. Feb 24, 2016 · How a Soviet spy, a lawyer and a pilot were involved in a Cold War drama that inspired Spielberg's movie. Learn the facts and fictions behind the espionage, the trial and the swap at the Berlin bridge.

  5. In 1957 New York City, Rudolf Abel is arrested and charged with spying for the Soviet Union. Lawyer James B. Donovan, formerly general counsel to the Office of Strategic Services but now in private practice in insurance law, is appointed to be Abel's legal counsel.

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  6. Nov 27, 2015 · Learn how James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer, defended Rudolf Abel, a captured Soviet spy, in a Cold War trial and argued for his constitutional rights. Find out how Donovan's actions challenged American values and faced public criticism.

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  7. Nov 24, 2015 · The real James B Donovan was a partner in the New York based law office Watters and Donovan and, just as in the movie, he was asked to defend the Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, after many other...

  8. Oct 16, 2015 · The new movie Bridge of Spies is based on a true story: New York lawyer James Donovan, his client Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, and American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers were the...

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