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In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the company of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US.
In 1957, lawyer James B. Donovan is recruited from his prestigious law firm to defend accused Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. Its an unenviable task in many respects. Donovan hasnt practiced criminal law since he was a prosecutor at the Nuremburg trials after World War II. Also, the strong anti-Communist mood at the time makes him a target from who think Abel should just be executed. Abel is convicted but Donovan convinces the judge to sentence him to prison, rather than execute him, as they may at some point in the future want to swap him for an American spy the Soviets might have in custody. Just such a scenario comes into play when in 1960 U-2 spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is shot down over Soviet territory and taken prisoner. Donovan is again recruited to act as the intermediary and negotiate swapping Able for the American requiring him to travel to East Berlin crossing the newly built Berlin Wall.
Tom Hanks
James B. Donovan
Mark Rylance
Rudolf Abel
Alan Alda
Thomas Watters Jr.
Amy Ryan
Mary Donovan
Domenick Lombardozzi
Agent Blasco
Victor Verhaeghe
Agent Gamber
Mark Fichera
FBI Agent
Brian Hutchison
FBI Agent
Joshua Harto
Bates
Henny Russell
Receptionist
Rebekah Brockman
Alison (Donovan's Secretary)
John Rue
Lynn Goodnough
Billy Magnussen
Doug Forrester
Jillian Lebling
Peggy Donovan
Noah Schnapp
Roger Donovan
Eve Hewson
Carol Donovan
Joel Brady
Police Officer - Brooklyn Courthouse
Austin Stowell
Francis Gary Powers
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