Breach (2007)

Directed by

Billy Ray

Genre

drama film, documentary film, docudrama, biographical film, spy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 673 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An FBI agent is assigned to work as a clerk for a senior colleague who is suspected of spying. He must gain the man's trust while secretly gathering evidence of his betrayal.

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What happens

Breach is a 2007 American spy thriller film directed by Billy Ray, who wrote the screenplay with Adam Mazer and William Rotko. The film is based on the true story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia off and on for more than two decades. The film stars Chris Cooper as Hanssen and Ryan Phillippe as Eric O'Neill, the FBI investigator who helped bring about Hanssen's downfall. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $41 million on a $23 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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