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Man on a String

The sensational spy story that actually happened!

6.0

1h 32m

1960

“The sensational spy story that actually happened!”

Synopsis

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

Director

André de Toth

CrimeDramaThriller

russian spy

Cast & Crew

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

as Boris Mitrov

Kerwin Mathews

Kerwin Mathews

as Bob Avery

Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

as Helen Benson

Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

as Colonel Vadja Kubelov

Glenn Corbett

Glenn Corbett

as Frank Sanford

Hanna Landy

Hanna Landy

as Bess Harris

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

as Papa of Boris Mitrov

Friedrich Joloff

Friedrich Joloff

as Gen. Nikolai Chapayev

Holger Hagen

Holger Hagen

as Hans Grünwald

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