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Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912–11 May 1988) was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a double agent before defecting to the Soviet Union. He served as both an NKVD and KGB operative.
In 1963, Philby was revealed to be a member of the spy ring now known as the Cambridge Five, the other members of which were Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross. Of the five, Philby is believed to have been most successful in providing secret information to the Soviet Union. His activities were moderated only by Joseph Stalin's fears that he was secretly on Britain's side. Philby was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from 1946 to 1965.
Philby was born at Ambala in the Punjab while it was a province of British India. His father, St. John Philby, a well-known author, orientalist, and convert to Islam, was a member of the Indian Civil Service and later a civil servant in Mesopotamia and advisor to King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia.
Actors: Craig Robert Young (actor), Luis Fernandez-Gil (actor), Henry Alberto (actor), Judd Laurance (actor), Kendra Munger (actress), Rob McGillivray (actor), Rob McGillivray (producer), Ken Lyle (actor), John Ross Clark (actor), Nick Kenworthy-Browne (composer), Nick Kenworthy-Browne (producer), Solomon Shiv (actor), Max Bird-Ridnell (actor), Frank Thurmond (writer), Frank Thurmond (producer),
Genres: Drama, History, Short,Actors: Steve Rimpici (actor), Yury Tsykun (actor), Lewis Gardner (actor), Scott Danni (actor), Chris Gonzalez (actor), Carl Worner (actor), Michael Corriere (producer), Michael Corriere (writer), John DeBlasio (actor), Michael Corriere (director), Elliot Passantino (actor), Danielle Fox (actress), Samantha Henkin (actress), Samantha Henkin (actress), Ellen Pavloff (actress),
Plot: A film based on historical events that took place from June 24th to September 24th, 1947. The film introduces two new 'smoking gun' documents that attempt to shed new light on the Roswell crash in New Mexico around July 1st, 1947. The film also examines the crash of a B25 that killed two Army Air Force Intelligence Officers under very mysterious circumstances while they were on a UFO mission. Were they the victims of sabotage? If so by whom...the Americans? Or were the Soviets somehow involved? It is the first UFO documentary ever made that has no testimonials or ufologists in it.
Keywords: reenactmentActors: John Horsley (actor), Ronald Pickup (actor), Pierce Brosnan (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Matthew Marsh (actor), Neville Phillips (actor), Philip Jackson (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Julian Glover (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Matt Frewer (actor), Pierce Brosnan (actor), Anton Rodgers (actor), Ian Richardson (actor),
Plot: KGB agent Major Valeri Petrofsky has been reassigned at the request of the KGB Chairman for a secret mission wherein he is sent to England to establish a residence near an American military base and receive various items for couriers from the USSR. John Preston is the top British spy catcher, currently at odds with his superior because he doesn't lick his boots. After a recent operation caused his superior some embarrassment, he is reassigned to the menial task of overseeing airports and ports. One day one the couriers Petrofsky was expecting has an encounter with customs which leaves him dead. Preston then goes through his things and finds that he was carrying an atomic bomb component. Preston now suspects that someone is bringing in parts for an atomic bomb, and obtains permission from an official higher than his own superior to attempt to find this person. And back in the USSR, Petrofsky's boss is so disgruntled that Petrofsky has been taken from him that he calls his old friend, the Vice-Chairman of the KGB, to find out what's going on because he believes that the Chairman wouldn't be able to do any of these things without his friend's input. But his friend is just as incredulous as he is. So he tries to find out what the Chairman is up to.
Keywords: accident, air-force-base, alias, american-abroad, american-in-the-uk, apartment, assembling-an-atomic-bomb, atomic-bomb, autopsy, bare-breastsActors: Bernard Archard (actor), Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Patrick Holt (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Arthur Lowe (actor), Peter Vaughan (actor), Philip Stone (actor), Hugh Morton (actor), Michael Culver (actor), Alan Parker (composer), David Markham (actor), Tony Sibbald (actor), Anthony Bate (actor), Richard Hurndall (actor), Gordon Flemyng (director),
Plot: In the late 1940s, British intelligence believes they have a Russian spy in their midst. They narrow the list to 5 or so individuals one of whom is Donald Maclean, who was assigned to the British Embassy in Washington and had full access to US atomic secrets. As they slowly build their case against Maclean, they assign Kim Philby to Washington as the senior liaison officer to the CIA. He is soon joined there by an old friend, Guy Burgess. When Philby gets wind that Maclean is about to be arrested, he dispatches Burgess to warn him and both defect to the Soviet Union. Philby is thoroughly investigated and while there is a general consensus that he too is a Russian spy, there is no concrete proof and, publicly at least, is cleared. Eight years later, in 1963, Philby also defects to the Soviet Union and it is revealed that he has been a KGB Colonel for over twenty years. Based on actual events.
Keywords: 1940s, brilliance, cambridge-university, character-name-in-title, covert-agency, double-agent, electric-train, gay-spy, h-bomb, mi5Actors: Arno Assmann (actor), Herbert Bötticher (actor), Friedrich Schütter (actor), Franz Rudnick (actor), Werner Hinz (actor), Harald Juhnke (actor), Hans Paetsch (actor), Manfred Reddemann (actor), Hermann Kugelstadt (writer), Hans Daniel (actor), Helmut Ashley (director), Emily Reuer (actress), Heinz Kuntze-Just (producer), Karl-Heinz Hess (actor), Wolfgang Bretholz (writer),
Genres: Drama,