Man on a String (1960)
- Starring:
- Ernest Borgnine, Kerwin Mathews, (more)
- Director(s):
- André De Toth
Synopsis of Man on a String
An unexceptional spy drama by Andre De Toth, Man on a String is based on an autobiography by counterspy Boris Morros, here given the name of Boris Mitrov and played by Ernest Borgnine. Mitrov was born in Russia but had been a citizen of the U.S. for some time when he joins up with a Russian spy network. He is caught out by the CIA, and they offer him a deal: go to the USSR and spy for our side, or else. Boris' boss is Bob Avery (the handsome Kerwin Mathews) and Colleen Dewhurst is Helen Benson, the lone female in the story. Clichéd dialogue aside, the scenes shot in Moscow and Berlin add convincing realism to the action. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Man on a String
- Ernest Borgnine - Boris Mitrov
- Colleen Dewhurst - Helen Benson
- Glenn Corbett - Frank Sanford
- Richard Kendrick - Inspector Jenkins
- Reginald Pasch - Otto Bergman
- Eva Pflug - Rosnova
- Vladimir Sokoloff - Papa
- Holger Hagen - Hans Gruenwald
- Kerwin Mathews - Bob Avery
- Alexander Scourby - Vadja Kubelov
- Friedrich Joloff - Nikolai Chapayev
- Ed Prentiss - Adrian Benson
- Carl Jaffe - People's Judge
- Michael Mellinger - Detective
- Clete Roberts - Narrator
- Director(s):
- André De Toth
- Writer(s):
- Virginia Shaler, John H. Kafka
- Producer(s):
- Louis de Rochemont
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