The Impossible Spy (1987)
- Directed by
- Jim Goddard
- Genre
- spy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An Israeli civilian is recruited by the Mossad to spy in Syria during the 1960s. He rises high in the Syrian government while secretly passing intelligence back to Israel.
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What happens
The Impossible Spy is a 1987 television film based on the true story of an Israeli civilian spy, Eli Cohen, who was recruited into Israel's secret intelligence agency (the Mossad) in the 1960s to become a spy in Damascus. Prior to his capture in 1965, Cohen was about to be appointed the third-most powerful figure in Syria—the Deputy Minister of Defense. Cohen's memorization of Syria's individual gun placements along the Golan Heights enabled Israel to defeat Syria in the Six-Day War in 1967. The film's executive producer was Harvey Chertok; it was directed by Jim Goddard and starred John Shea, Eli Wallach and Sasson Gabai. The Impossible Spy was released in 1987 and won an HBO CableACE Award for Best Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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