Montgomery Clift's final film role stars James Bower, an American physicist lured into a CIA operation to defect a Russian scientist in West Germany. However, his mission is complicated by an East German agent who demands he stay out of the affair. As Bower delves deeper, he uncovers a complex web of intrigue surrounding stolen microfilm coveted by both sides.
The Defector
In a heart-pumping thriller, a CIA operative dispatches a brilliant American scientist to East Germany to extract a priceless microfilm from a Soviet researcher poised to defect to the West.
