Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
Michael Caine | Philip Kimberly / Sergei Kuzminsky |
Laurence Olivier | Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith |
Susan George | Penelope Kimberley |
Robert Powell | Jamie Fraser |
Charles Gray | Sir James Chorley |
Morteza Kazerouni | Boris Medvachian |
Michael Medwin | Milroy |
Eric Sevareid | Himself |
Sabine Sun | Dr. Zilenka |
David Kelly | Cameron |
Patrick Dawson | Ginger |
Vladek Sheybal | Gen. Zorin |