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

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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