Asylum for a Spy (1967)
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Unglamorized Spy Film |
Release Date - Apr 2, 1965 (USA) |
Run Time - 89 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Asylum for a Spy stars Robert Stack as a CIA agent who becomes an alcoholic, believing himself responsible for the death of two close friends. The Russians believe that Stack would be useful in fingering potential soviet defectors. The Americans plans to use Stack's inebriated state to get him into a mental hospital, and there locate an enemy spy. Stack's girl friend (Felicia Farr) merely wants to get him to pull himself together. Asylum for a Spy was originally telecast on April 2 and April 9, 1965, as Memorandum for a Spy, a two-part drama on NBC's Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre anthology.
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agent [representative], alcoholism, asylum [mental hospital], secrets, suffering, volunteer
