The Contract (1988)
Synopsis
A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.
First Air Date: 1988-01-03
Last Air Date: 1988-01-05
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Created By: Gerald Seymour
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- Kevin McNally as Johnny Donoghue
- Bernard Hepton as Henry Carter
- James Faulkner as Charles Mawby
- Hans Caninenberg as Professor Guttman
- Brigitte Karner as Erica Guttman
- Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff as Willi Guttmann
- Donald Pickering as Permanent Undersecretary
- Robert Lang as Deputy Undersecretary
- Bert Parnaby as Adam Percy
- Claus-Peter Seifert as Ulf Becker
Seasons
None (1988)
A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Part 1
British intelligence must convince Russian scientist Wilhelm Guttmann to come to the United Kingdom, but with his son in their hands, former soldier Johnny Donoghue is tasked with securing his cooperation amid Cold War tensions.
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Ep. 2: Part 2
Donoghue goes undercover in Berlin to make contact with Guttmann and persuade him to defect, navigating tense East German surveillance and diplomatic complications between the British and West Germans.
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Ep. 3: Part 3
Abandoned in East Germany as the operation unravels, Donoghue charges on with a desperate plan to smuggle Guttmann and his daughter across the border into West Germany.
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