The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
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2011 · Movie · 1h 44m
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic71/100
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Carl ColbyDirector
Cast
- William ColbySelf (archive footage)
- Zbigniew BrzezinskiSelf - Former National Security Advisor
- Seymour HershSelf
- Donald RumsfeldSelf
- George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
- John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
- Robert F. KennedySelf (voice) (archive footage)
- Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)
- Henry Cabot LodgeSelf (archive footage)
- Robert McNamaraSelf - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
- Pope Pius XIISelf (archive footage)
- Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)