

"It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you."
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
Nathan Muir

Tom Bishop

Elizabeth Hadley

Charles Harker

Troy Folger

Gladys Jennip

Dr. Byars

Robert Aiken

Vincent Vy Ngo

Cy Wilson

Andrew Unger

Fred Kappler

Henry Pollard

CIA Administrator

CIA Lobby Guard

Folger's Secretary

Billy Hyland

OPS Center Security Officer
Back Bencher
CIA Back Bencher
Cleaner
Estate Agent

Harry Duncan

Mitch Alford

Receptionist

Tran

Li

Jiang

Prison Warden
Down's Prisoner
Interrogator
Ambulance Driver
Prison Doctor
Prison Guard
Prison Guard

Warden's Lieutenant
Outer Gate Guard

Captain

VC General
General Hun Chea

Radioman

Schmidt

West German Businessman

VOPO No. 1

VOPO No. 2

East German Refugee

Bar Owner

Bar Owner's Wife
East German Border Guard

Sandy
Ambassador Cathcart
CIA Training Instructor
CIA Polygraph

Doumet

Sheik's Doctor

Sheik Salameh

Colonel Ajami
Checkpoint Guard
Arab Businessman
Motorcyclist/Decoy Man
Suicide Van Driver
Commander Wiley

Heli Pilot
CNN Reporter
US-China Reporter

Anne Cathcart

Lift CIA Agent (uncredited)