Reilly - The Ace of Spies

original title:
Reilly - The Ace of Spies
other titles:
Reilly - As de espías, (Reilly - Spion der Spione)
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1983 (x)
original length:
12x60 min. , color
premiere:
5 September 1983
genre:
adventure
based on:
Robin Bruce Lockhart. Reilly - Ace of Spies. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1967
britischer Roman-Bestseller von William Tufnell Le Queux.
director:
Jim Goddard
film script:
producer:
Chris Burt
cinematographer:
Peter Jessop
editor:
Edward Marnier
composer:
Harry Rabinowitz
cast (role):
Sam Neill (Sidney Reilly (Sigmund Rosenblum)) , Peter Egan (Fothergill) , Ian Charleson (Bruce Lockhart) , Norman Rodway (Cummings) , Tom Bell (Felix Dzerzhinsky) , Sam Neill , Brian Protheroe , Joanne Whalley , Celia Gregory , John Castle , Donald Morley , Jeananne Crowley , Kenneth Cranham , David Burke , Norman Rodway , Ian Charleson , Peter Egan , Leo McKern , Tom Bell , Clive Merrison
more:
plot synopsis:
keywords:
espionage , based on a true story , secret service , betrayal, treason
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
Andrew Cook. Ace of Spies. The True Story of Sidney Reilly. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2004.
remarks:
Homepage: http://www.sidneyreilly.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Reilly

Won the "BAFTA TV Award" in 1984.
availability:
VHS, DVD