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Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring, Part 1

 
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Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring, Part 1

  • Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: Spy Film
  • Movie Type: Unglamorized Spy Film, Docudrama
  • Themes: Fathers and Sons, Double Life
  • Main Cast: Powers Boothe, Lesley Ann Warren
  • Release Year: 1990
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 97 minutes

Plot

The true story of American turncoat John Walker, Jr. is related blow-by-blow in this made-for-TV movie. Powers Boothe stars as Walker, a Navy petty officer who spends half of his career selling secrets to the Soviets. At first the soul of discretion, the hard-drinking, philandering Walker eventually becomes careless enough in his activities to arouse the suspicions of his in-the-dark wife Barbara (Lesley Ann Warren). With the skill and aplomb of the true sociopath, Walker also manages to convince his own son (Andrew Lowry) to join the "family business." The spy ring is ultimately smashed through the joint efforts of the FBI and Walker's embittered ex-wife. Based on the books Family of Spies by Pete Earley and I Pledge Allegiance by Howard Blum, Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring was originally telecast in two parts on February 4 and 6, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Tony Abatemarco - Examiner #2; Vaughn Armstrong - Szady; James Arone - Agent Price; Cynthia Bain - Linda Rayfield; Angela Bassett - Bev Andress; Graham Beckel - Jerry A. Whitworth; Powers Boothe - John A. Walker Jr; Wren T. Brown - FBI Assistant; G. Smokey Campbell - Sampson; Gordon Clapp - Capt. Burnett; Paul Collins - FBI Supervisor #2; Bo Foxworth - Cutter; William Frankfather - Admiral Tully; Ivan G'Vera - KGB Agent #1; Denise Gentile - Kim; John M. Jackson - Arthur J. Walker; Patrick Johnston - Stevens; Billy Kane - Staff Officer; Elizabeth Kemp - Kay; Wyatt Knight - Examiner #1; Jeroen Krabbé - Boris One; Boris Krutonog - Jumpseat Man; Eric Lawrence - Man with Bad Back; Andrew Lowery - Michael L. Walker; Christine Lunde - Irene (Waitress); Aaron Lustig - FBI Agent #1; Robert Mangiardi - Chief; Ben Meyerson - Josh; Ivars Mikelson - Ivan; Mark Phelan - Detective; Jeris Poindexter - Agent Jax; Jerry Prell - Captain Ball; Whitney Reis - Sue; Jenny Robertson - Rachel; Garn Stephens - Mary; Elena Stiteler - Cynthia Walker; Charles Stranski; Lili Taylor - Laura Walker; Chuck Walling - Commandant; Lesley Ann Warren - Barbara Walker; Shonda Whipple - Margaret #2; Terry Wills - Duty Officer #2; Lauren Woodland - Margaret #1; Ken Jenkins; John Wesley - Capt. Lennox; Anndi McAfee - Cynthia #1; Hutton Cobb - Officer of the Deck; Jeffrey Alan Chandler - FBI Supervisor #1; Ryan McWhorter - Michael #2; Ashley Bank - Laura #1; Ron Perkins - Arnie Davis; Nicholas Rutherford - Michael #1; John Howard Swain - Ray; Peter Radon - Wagner

Credit

Gary Wissner - Art Director, Marsha Kleinman - Casting, Brad Loman - Costume Designer, Stephen Gyllenhaal - Director, Michael Jablow - Editor, Gerald W. Abrams - Executive Producer, Paul Chihara - Composer (Music Score), Monty Rowan - Camera Operator, Richard Hoover - Production Designer, Douglas Milsome - Cinematographer, Jonathan Bernstein - Producer

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