Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0084296069613 Format: Color, NTSC Label: United American Video Manufacturer: United American Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: United American Video Release Date: February 17, 2003 Running Time: 175 minutes Sales Rank: 48171 Studio: United American Video Theatrical Release Date: February 04, 1990
Rating: - Fun, if you don't take it too seriously
Having essayed at least two books on the Walker family spy ring, I found this TV mini-series historically suspect in the finest tradition of "made for TV movies", and yet surprisingly entertaining.
WHO THE WALKERS WERE: Though referred to as a case of a family of spies, much of the work was really done by patriarch Johnny Walker, a naval cryptologist whose access to USN code keys and related material allowed him to inflict damage against the US military. From 1968 at least until the mid 1980's, Walker turned over volumes of classified encryption material to his Soviet handlers - a career that began when he approached the Russian embassy in 1968. Never arousing much suspicion from his supervisors, Walker left the Navy fearing a routine background check might uncover his treason. (He also feared that his wife would turn him in, and he was unluckily dead-on in that respect.) Though initially motivated ... Read More
Rating: - FAMILY OF SPIES
IVE READ THE BOOK AND SEEN THE MOVIE ON TV,WHICH IS WHY IM PURCHASING IT FROM AMAZON.COM.
ITS GOT LOTS OF ESPIONAGE,CLOAK AND DAGGER SCENES,AND IT REALLY IS A DYNAMITE MOVIE.
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