The Operative

Year: 2000

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Lee

ThrillerAction

After eleven years in a Soviet labor camp, ex‑CIA operative Alec Carville returns to Boston, to be blackmailed by the Russian mafia, which holds incriminating material on him. They order him to steal a painting, using his striking resemblance to the millionaire owner, Grady. When Carville and Grady meet in the bank, the planned heist erupts into chaos.

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