Red King, White Knight

Red King, White Knight

Written by	Ron Hutchinson
Directed by	Geoff Murphy
Starring	Tom Skerritt Max von Sydow Helen Mirren
Theme music composer	John Scott
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	David R. Ginsburg John Kemeny Jeffrey Sudzin Endre Sík
Editor(s)	Peter Davies
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Running time	105 minutes
Distributor	Citadel Entertainment Home Box Office (HBO) Zenith Entertainment
Release
Original release	November 25, 1989 (1989-11-25)

Red King, White Knight is a 1989 spy thriller TV movie starring Tom Skerritt, Max von Sydow, and Helen Mirren. It was written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Geoff Murphy. It was broadcast in the USA on 25 November 1989.

Plot

The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.

Cast

Tom Skerritt ... Stoner
Max von Sydow ... Szaz
Helen Mirren ... Anna

Production

The TV movie was filmed in Budapest, Hungary and Washington D.C.^[1]

References

↑ "Red King, White Knight". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

Films directed by Geoff Murphy

Wild Man (1977)
Dagg Day Afternoon (1977)
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
Utu (1983)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Never Say Die (1988)
Red King, White Knight (1989)
Young Guns II (1990)
Freejack (1992)
Blind Side (1993)
The Last Outlaw (1993)
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Don't Look Back (1996)
Fortress 2: Re-Entry (1999)
Race Against Time (2000)
Blerta Revisited (2001)
Spooked (2004)

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