Code Name: Heraclitus
Code Name: Heraclitus is a 1967 American thriller film starring Stanley Baker and Leslie Nielsen. The film originally was a television pilot[1] that appeared as two episodes of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre in January 1967.
| Code Name: Heraclitus | |
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| Directed by | James Goldstone |
| Produced by | Jack Laird Gordon Oliver |
| Written by | Alvin Sapinsley |
| Starring | Stanley Baker Leslie Nielsen Jack Weston Sheree North |
| Music by | Johnny Mandel |
| Cinematography | Bud Thackery |
| Distributed by | Morpics Universal |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 Min. 60 Min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Stanley Baker stars as a British spy who investigates the past of Lydia Constantine (Signe Hasso), the widow of secret agent Constantine (Kurt Kasznar). Lydia is suspected of selling cold war secrets to the Communists. To ascertain the truth, it is necessary to "rebuild" agent Constantine and send his living counterpart behind the Iron Curtain. When agent Constantine is "rebuilt" he doesn't remember anything.
Cast
Stanley Baker : Frank G. Wheatley
Leslie Nielsen : Fryer
Jack Weston : Gerberman
Sheree North : Sally
Kurt Kasznar : Constantine
Signe Hasso : Lydia Constantine
Ricardo Montalban : Janáček
See also
References
- Terrace, Vincent Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012 McFarland, 01/01/2013