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Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
1901: Professor Sydney Rosenblum is taken from a train and held under unofficial arrest in a provincial Russian village, suspected of stealing confidential oil surveys. The young wife of an elderly vicar may hold the secret to his escape.
1904: Reilly is stationed in Port Arthur and forced to help the Japanese, against his better judgement, in taking the port from the Russians. As a mass evacuation gets under way, Reilly’s plans are put at risk by a soft-spoken detective.
1905: A British operation to steal German ship plans is in danger of being uncovered. Zaharov wants the plans and Cummings wants a compromised agent saved, but Reilly decides on a unique approach to the problem.
1906: Reilly’s search for Margaret takes him to Paris, where Cummings forces him into helping secure an oil contract from an Australian who may sell to the Rothschilds. An unexpected turn of events reunites Reilly with his sister.
1910: Apparently now working for the Germans in Russia, Reilly is to bid on their behalf for a valuable weapons contract, giving him a chance to finally get his revenge on Zaharov.
1910: Reilly’s winning of the weapons contract depends on his marriage to a Russian Countess. Unfortunately, Margaret’s reappearance, engineered by Zaharov, threatens to ruin everything.
1918: Back in Russia, Reilly is tasked with appealing with the Bolsheviks to end their peace treaty with Germany and return to the war. When Lenin refuses, he sets in motion a plan to overthrow the government and place himself in power.
1918: Reilly’s plans come under strain when the British fail to give Savinkov the promised military support and Dzerzhinsky scuppers plans to assassinate Lenin. But then unexpected events change everything.
1918: Reilly and his friends filter back to Britain and face questioning from an official enquiry. As Lenin's condition becomes stable, both Reilly and Dzerzhinsky plan their next moves.
1924: Reilly is in exile in New York drumming up support and money for Savinkov’s anti-bolshevik movement. A new organisation, the Trust, campaigns for Savinkov’s return, but Reilly suspects that Dzerzhinsky is behind them.
Cast: Sam Neill, Michael Bryant, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Hugh Fraser, Clive Merrison, Peter Egan, Leo McKern, Jeananne Crowley, Brian Protheroe, Malcolm Terris, Celia Gregory, Kenneth Cranham, Ian Charleson, Bogdan Kominowski, Frances Barber, Laura Davenport, Anthony Higgins, John Castle, Aubrey Morris, John Rapley, Jonathan Adams, Prentis Hancock, Kenteas Brine, John Malcolm, Norman Comer, Tony Wredden, Michael Aldridge, Bill Wallis, Jack Klaff
Genres: Crime, Drama
Maturity rating: NR
Sam Neill
Sidney Reilly
Michael Bryant
Narrator (voice)
Norman Rodway
Cummings
Tom Bell
Dzerzhinsky
Hugh Fraser
Hill
Clive Merrison
Savinkov
Peter Egan
Fothergill
Leo McKern
Zaharov
Jeananne Crowley
Margaret
Brian Protheroe
Grammaticoff
Malcolm Terris
Sykes
Celia Gregory
Nadia Massino
Kenneth Cranham
Lenin
Ian Charleson
Lockhart
Bogdan Kominowski
Peters
Frances Barber
Dagmara
Laura Davenport
Pepita
Anthony Higgins
Trilisser
John Castle
Count Massino
Aubrey Morris
Mendrovovich
John Rapley
Servant
Jonathan Adams
British Ambassador
Prentis Hancock
Souvorin
Kenteas Brine
Panina
John Malcolm
Schroeder
Norman Comer
Thomas
Tony Wredden
Waiter
Michael Aldridge
Orlov
Bill Wallis
Bonch-Brouevich
Jack Klaff
Karachan
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