The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl

She will become their most deadly weapon. As long as they can make her fall in love.

1984 · 130 min · ★ 5.6 · Thriller

An American actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.

Directed by George Roy Hill · Written by Loring Mandel

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