Overview

Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the USSR. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but not his country. The press find these beliefs incompatible, and want to find out why he became a ‘traitor’. Harris is plagued by anxieties over both his actions and his upper-class childhood, and drinks to a state of collapse

Cast

John Le Mesurier, Jack Hedley, Diana Fairfax, Jon Laurimore, Lyndon Brook, Richard Marner, Terence Bayler

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What is "Traitor" about?

Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the USSR. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but not his country. The press find these beliefs incompatible, and want to find out why he became a ‘traitor’. Harris is plagued by anxieties over both his actions and his upper-class childhood, and drinks to a state of collapse

When was "Traitor" released?

Traitor was released in 1971.

Who stars in "Traitor"?

The cast includes John Le Mesurier, Jack Hedley, Diana Fairfax, Jon Laurimore.

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