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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)
A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
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A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
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Genre:Drama, Documentary, History
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In Theaters:9/23/2011
Box Office:$183,342
Runtime:104 minutes
Studio:Act 4 Entertainment
Cast
Carl Colby
Director
William Colby
Self (archive footage)
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Self - Former National Security Advisor
Seymour Hersh
Self
Donald Rumsfeld
Self
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
Henry Cabot Lodge
Self (archive footage)
Robert McNamara
Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
Pope Pius XII
Self (archive footage)
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