"It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you."

2001

2h 6m

6.9(2183 votes)

Action

Crime

Thriller

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

67 members

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Robert Redford

Nathan Muir

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Brad Pitt

Tom Bishop

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Catherine McCormack

Elizabeth Hadley

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Stephen Dillane

Charles Harker

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Larry Bryggman

Troy Folger

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Gladys Jennip

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Matthew Marsh

Dr. Byars

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Todd Boyce

Robert Aiken

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Michael Paul Chan

Vincent Vy Ngo

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Garrick Hagon

Cy Wilson

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Andrew Grainger

Andrew Unger

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Bill Buell

Fred Kappler

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Colin Stinton

Henry Pollard

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Ted Maynard

CIA Administrator

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Tom Hodgkins

CIA Lobby Guard

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Rufus Wright

Folger's Secretary

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Demetri Goritsas

Billy Hyland

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Quinn Collins

OPS Center Security Officer

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Sam Scudder

Back Bencher

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Yann Johnson

CIA Back Bencher

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Pat McGrath

Cleaner

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Shane Rimmer

Estate Agent

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David Hemmings

Harry Duncan

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James Aubrey

Mitch Alford

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In-sook Chappell

Receptionist

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Benedict Wong

Tran

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Ken Leung

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Adrian Pang

Jiang

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Ho Yi

Prison Warden

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David Y. Cheung

Down's Prisoner

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Tony Xu

Interrogator

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Mark Sung

Ambulance Driver

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David K.S. Tse

Prison Doctor

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Logan Wong

Prison Guard

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Hon Ping Tang

Prison Guard

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Dan Tse

Warden's Lieutenant

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Vincent Wang

Outer Gate Guard

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Stuart Milligan

Captain

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Joseph Chanet

VC General

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Eddie Yeoh

General Hun Chea

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Freddie Joe Farnsworth

Radioman

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Joerg Stadler

Schmidt

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Zsolt Zágoni

West German Businessman

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Balázs Tardy

VOPO No. 1

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Pál Oberfrank

VOPO No. 2

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Géza Schramek

East German Refugee

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Imre Csuja

Bar Owner

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Melinda Völgyi

Bar Owner's Wife

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Károly Rékasi

East German Border Guard

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Kimberly Tufo

Sandy

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Iain Smith

Ambassador Cathcart

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Gregory Groth

CIA Training Instructor

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Peter Linka

CIA Polygraph

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Omid Djalili

Doumet

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Amidou

Sheik's Doctor

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Nabil Massad

Sheik Salameh

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Mohamed Picasso

Colonel Ajami

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Aziz Ait Essahmi

Checkpoint Guard

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Moustapha Moulay

Arab Businessman

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Mohamed Quatib

Motorcyclist/Decoy Man

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Farid Regragui

Suicide Van Driver

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Dale Dye

Commander Wiley

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Tim Briggs

Heli Pilot

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Frank Nall

CNN Reporter

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Ian Porter

US-China Reporter

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Charlotte Rampling

Anne Cathcart

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Philip Harvey

Lift CIA Agent (uncredited)

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