The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

Sep 23 2011 Not Rated 1h 44m
Biography, Documentary, History

A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.

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Plot

A son's riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller. The secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colby's son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal memoir of a family living in clandestine shadows, and an inquiry into the hard costs of a nation's most cloaked actions.

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Directed by

Carl Colby

Cast

William Colby, Dale Andrade, Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Act 4 Entertainment

Languages

English

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THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY - Official Trailer
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