During the 1950’s the world was shocked by the defection to the Soviet Union of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, highly placed officials in the diplomatic service. Years later with the web slowly closing around him, Kim Philby defected also. Although in line for the Number Two job in the British Secret Service, he was also a full colonel in the KGB, whom he had secretly served throughout his career. This excellent dramatisation recreates the factual evidence which stunned a nation
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
304472
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Spy films
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Spies
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Philby, Kim, 1912-1988
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
History → Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963
History → Philby, Kim, 1912-1988
People → Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)