Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Reilly: Ace of Spies is a 1983 crime series created by Troy Kennedy Martin. It stars Sam Neill, Michael Bryant and Norman Rodway.
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
Where to watch Reilly: Ace of Spies
Stream: BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV channel, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Thirteen, WETA+
Cast
- Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly
- Michael Bryant as Narrator (voice)
- Norman Rodway as Cummings
- Tom Bell as Dzerzhinsky
- Hugh Fraser as Hill
- Clive Merrison as Savinkov
- Peter Egan as Fothergill
- Leo McKern as Zaharov
- Jeananne Crowley as Margaret
- Brian Protheroe as Grammaticoff
- Malcolm Terris as Sykes
- Celia Gregory as Nadia Massino
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