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.

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Cast

Tom Skerritt

Stoner

Max von Sydow

Szaz

Helen Mirren

Anna

Tom Bell

Tulayev

Neil Dudgeon

Vlasek

Barry Corbin

Bentick

Clarke Peters

Jones

Lou Hirsch

Baetz

Kerry Shale

Viktor

Gavan O'Herlihy

Clancy

Shane Rimmer

David de Keyser