Synopsis: During the Cold War, Russian spies devise a plan to explode a nuclear bomb near a US air base in England - now it's up to a maverick British intelligence agent to stop the plot! From the Frederick Forsyth novel. watch
Opening title sequence composed entirely of a military parade on Red Square, the opening of Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz, 1969, from Leon Uris' novel, starring Frederick Stafford, John Forsyth and John Vernon. watch
Based on the best-selling novel by Frederick Forsyth ("The Day of the Jackal," "The Dogs of War"), this slick British espionage thriller concerns a desperate race to stop a Russian KGB plot to assemble and detonate a nuclear bomb at an American Air Force base in England. Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominee Michael Caine ("Batman Begins," "Bewitched") is the British agent who uncovers the scheme, while Golden Globe-nominee Pierce Brosnan ("The Matador," various James Bond features) is the Russian counterpart he pursues in this suspenseful effort from director John Mackenzie ("The Long Good Friday"). watch
