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Piglet Files, The (TV Series)Piglet Files, The (TV Series) (1989)
Feat. Nicholas Lyndhurst, Serena Evans
Quirky, much–loved British sitcom, with Nicholas Lyndhurst as an electronics whiz who inadvertently ends up working for the British…
Red King, White KnightRed King, White Knight (1989)
Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Tom Skerritt, Max von Sydow, Helen Mirren
Tough HBO telemovie places Mikhail Gorbachev at the centre of an assasination plot; Skerritt and von Sydow, CIA and KGB agents respectively, must put…
BetrayedBetrayed (1988)
Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard
FBI agent Debra Winger must infiltrate a vicious white supremacist network, apparently run by the handsome, affable Tom Berenger. Murky plotting gets…
Pascali's Island (1988)
Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance
Polished thriller in which frustrated Turkish spy Ben Kingsley discovers little honour among thieves after he steals a Greek treasure with mysterious…
Windmills of the GodsWindmills of the Gods (1988)
Dir. Lee Phillips
Feat. Jaclyn Smith, Robert Wagner, Ian McKellen
As the Cold War rages, the president names Professor Mary Ashley as the new Ambassador to Romania. Mike Slade is appointed to be her assistant. As…
Fourth Protocol, TheFourth Protocol, The (1987)
Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Michael Caine, Ned Beatty
Based on the novel by famed thriller writer Frederick Forsyth (DAY OF THE JACKAL), this posits Brosnan as a Russian agent intent on infiltrating…
Living Daylights, TheLiving Daylights, The (1987) Recommended
Dir. John Glen
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe
Timothy Dalton in his debut as Bond delivers up an impressively slick performance as he struggles to disenable an evil Russian general from igniting…
Perfect Spy, APerfect Spy, A (1987)
Dir. Peter Smith
Feat. Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Peggy Ashcroft
Peter Egan is Magnus Pyum, a spy so perfect he has come to betray everyone he knows, including himself. A superbly realised Beeb version of John Le…
Jumpin' Jack FlashJumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane
Amiable escapade with trouble aplenty for Goldberg after she starts receiving S.O.S messages from a British spy trapped in Soviet Russia. When she…
View to a Kill, AView to a Kill, A (1986)
Dir. John Glen
Feat. Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts
Roger Moore's final outing as agent 007. Evil billionaire industrialist Max Zorin (Walken) and his lethal associate May Day (Jones) plan to take over…

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