The Assets

The Assets

TV-14 Limited Series 2014 · 8 eps · ★ 6.9 · Drama, War & Politics

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1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole that would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US history, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time to save the Soviet intelligence officers from being caught and killed. Living her own double life at home, this beautiful wife and mother vowed to stop at nothing until she uncovered the truth.

Directed by Jeff T. Thomas · Written by Bruce Terris

Network: ABC

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Jodie Whittaker Sandy Grimes
Paul Rhys Aldrich Ames
Harriet Walter Jeanne Vertefeuille
Ralph Brown Wallace Austin
Christina Cole Louisa Tilton
Stuart Milligan Arthur O'Neill
Lex Shrapnel Mitch Weaver
Catalina Denis Rosario Ames
John Lynch Vitaly Yurchenko
Akie Kotabe Eric D'Amaro
Amelia Clarkson Kelly Grimes
Julian Ovenden Gary Grimes

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