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Spy (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language
1989 · 88 mins · English
Directed by
Philip Frank Messina
Starring
Ned Beatty, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Tucker, Tim Choate, Catherine Hicks, Riad Galayini

Richard, a disillusioned spy whose marriage to Angela collapsed, abandons a botched mission and disappears with a new face arranged by his boss Tony Cooper. A year later he learns the surgeon and Tony are dead, prompting him to suspect a vendetta. Fearing Angela is targeted, he seeks her out, only to find she has moved on and refuses him.

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