Anthony Blunt is an eminent Cambridge-educated art historian who is also working as a spy for the Soviet Union. In love with double agent Guy Burgess, he helps Burgess get yet another treasonous British agent to safety in Moscow. When Burgess unexpectedly defects as well, the government becomes suspicious of Blunt, but investigators have trouble believing such a refined and aristocratic gentleman would ever betray his nation and his class.
Cast
7 people
Ian Richardson
Anthony Blunt
Known for
From Hell
Dark City
Anthony Hopkins
Guy Burgess
Known for
Westworld
The Silence of the Lambs
Michael Williams
Goronwy Rees
Known for
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Educating Rita
Rosie Kerslake
Margie Rees
Also in
Star Cops
Scorpion Tales
Geoffrey Chater
Guy Liddell
Known for
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Endless Night
Albert Welling
Vasily
Known for
Taboo
Traitors
Michael McStay
Donald Maclean
Known for
Robbery
John Glenister Director · Robin Chapman Writer John McGlashan Cinematographer
First release January 11, 1987 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production A+E Global Media
Production
BBC
Production
A+E Global Media
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 11, 1987
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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