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12/02/2007 Drama, Thriller, Crime, History 1h 50m
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How one man betrayed the security of a nation.

Overview

Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.

  1. Billy Ray

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Chris Cooper

    Robert Hanssen

  2. Ryan Phillippe

    Eric O'Neill

  3. Laura Linney

    Kate Burroughs

  4. Caroline Dhavernas

    Juliana O'Neill

  5. Gary Cole

    Rich Garces

  6. Dennis Haysbert

    Dean Plesac

  7. Kathleen Quinlan

    Bonnie Hanssen

  8. Bruce Davison

    John O'Neill

  9. Jonathan Watton

    Geddes

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-19
Though never really very versatile, Ryan Philippe delivers quite well in this fact-based drama about one of the most famous cases of espionage to ever happen in the USA. O'Neill is a tech specialist with aspirations to be an agent who is selected by Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney) for a very unique task. He is to work with the long established Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) on devising new ways to keep their systems safe from hackers. What we, and they, know is that Hanssen is suspected of being a mole, and a pretty darned substantial one at that. It's going to fall to O'Neill to try and find a w...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$23,000,000.00

Revenue
$41,000,000.00

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