Destiny of a Spy (1969)
While still starring in Bonanza, Lorne Greene took a sabbatical from the Ponderosa to headline this made for TV espionage thriller. Greene portrays a Russian secret agent whisked away from his comfortable retirement in Moscow to undertake a sabotage job in London. He finds himself compelled to solve the mysterious death of the British scientist whose invention Greene was supposed to destroy. The key to the mystery appears to be the cryptic phrase "The Gaunt Woman" (which was the title of the John Blackburn novel upon which this film was based. Filmed in London, Destiny of a Spy did well in the ratings thanks to the novelty casting of Lorne Greene as a Communist functionary. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Boris Sagal
Synopsis of Destiny of a Spy
While still starring in Bonanza, Lorne Greene took a sabbatical from the Ponderosa to headline this made for TV espionage thriller. Greene portrays a Russian secret agent whisked away from his comfortable retirement in Moscow to undertake a sabotage job in London. He finds himself compelled to solve the mysterious death of the British scientist whose invention Greene was supposed to destroy. The key to the mystery appears to be the cryptic phrase "The Gaunt Woman" (which was the title of the John Blackburn novel upon which this film was based. Filmed in London, Destiny of a Spy did well in the ratings thanks to the novelty casting of Lorne Greene as a Communist functionary. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Destiny of a Spy
- Harry Andrews - Gen. Kirk
- Janina Faye - Eleana Vanin
- Raymond Huntley - Supt. Pode
- Patrick Magee - John Flack
- Angela Pleasence - Peace Girl
- Anthony Quayle - Col. Malendin
- Josephine Stuart - Elizaveta
- Victor Beaumont - Karl Kronig
- James Donald - Sir Martin Rolfe
- Lorne Greene - Peter Vanin
- Mary Kerridge - Lady Rolfe
- Patrick Newell - Julius Bates
- Olaf Pooley - Igor Trubenoff
- Rachel Roberts - Megan Thomas
- Richard Vernon - Colonel
- Director(s):
- Boris Sagal
- Writer(s):
- Stanford Whitmore
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