In the Company of Spies

In the Company of Spies

PG-13 1999 · 104 min · ★ 5.0 · Thriller, TV Movie

An operative for the CIA is captured and interrogated by Korean officials; his bosses, in order to protect national security, decide to bring an old operative out of retirement to retrieve both the agent and the vital information in his possession.

Directed by Tim Matheson · Written by Roger Towne

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