
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

as Nathan Muir

as Tom Bishop

as Elizabeth Hadley

as Charles Harker

as Troy Folger

as Gladys Jennip

as Dr. Byars

as Robert Aiken

as Vincent Vy Ngo

as Cy Wilson

as Andrew Unger

as Fred Kappler

as Henry Pollard

as CIA Administrator

as CIA Lobby Guard

as Folger's Secretary

as Billy Hyland

as OPS Center Security Officer

as Back Bencher

as CIA Back Bencher

as Cleaner

as Estate Agent

as Harry Duncan

as Mitch Alford

as Receptionist

as Tran

as Li

as Jiang

as Prison Warden

as Down's Prisoner

as Interrogator

as Ambulance Driver

as Prison Doctor

as Prison Guard

as Prison Guard

as Warden's Lieutenant

as Outer Gate Guard

as Captain

as VC General

as General Hun Chea

as Radioman

as Schmidt

as West German Businessman

as VOPO No. 1

as VOPO No. 2

as East German Refugee

as Bar Owner

as Bar Owner's Wife

as East German Border Guard

as Sandy

as Ambassador Cathcart

as CIA Training Instructor

as CIA Polygraph

as Doumet

as Sheik's Doctor

as Sheik Salameh

as Colonel Ajami

as Checkpoint Guard

as Arab Businessman

as Motorcyclist/Decoy Man

as Suicide Van Driver

as Commander Wiley

as Heli Pilot

as CNN Reporter

as US-China Reporter

as Anne Cathcart

as Lift CIA Agent (uncredited)