Man on a String

NR
1h 32m
1960
6 /10 (6)

The sensational spy story that actually happened!

Overview

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1960-05-20

Top Billed Cast

Ernest Borgnine

Boris Mitrov

Kerwin Mathews

Bob Avery

Colleen Dewhurst

Helen Benson

Alexander Scourby

Colonel Vadja Kubelov

Glenn Corbett

Frank Sanford

Hanna Landy

Bess Harris

Vladimir Sokoloff

Papa of Boris Mitrov

Friedrich Joloff

Gen. Nikolai Chapayev

Holger Hagen

Hans Grünwald

Reginald Pasch

Otto Bergman

Eva Pflug

Tanja Rosnova

Richard Kendrick

Inspector Jenkins

Ed Prentiss

Bob Iller

Carl Jaffe

Michael Mellinger

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