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- Release Date: 1966
- Runtime: 106 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Roddy McDowall, Macha Méril ... See all
- Director: Raoul Lévy
Plot 1
Montgomery Cliff (in his last role) plays James Bower, an American physicist visiting West Germany who's recruited by a shady CIA agent, named Adam, to help them with the defection of a Russian scientist. But an East German secret agent, named Peter Heinzeman, learns of Bower's meeting with Adam and threatens Bower to mind his own business, while Bower learns of a back story to all this involving stolen microfilm that each side wants.
Plot 2
The Defector is a 1966 thriller film. Montgomery Clift plays Professor James Bower, an American physicist, who is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adam (Roddy McDowall), to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany, undercover as an antiques collector, where he encounters an East German secret agent, Peter Heinzeman (Hardy Kruger), who is also a fellow physicist. Heinzmann is aware of Bower's meeting with Adam and his intention to steal the microfilm. However their mutual respect for one another complicate the proceedings.
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