The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

6.3/10 104 min Drama Documentary History

Overview

A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.

Cast

William Colby

Self (archive footage)

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Self - Former National Security Advisor

Seymour Hersh

Self

Donald Rumsfeld

Self

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Robert McNamara

Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)

Pope Pius XII

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Rockefeller

Self (archive footage)

Bella Abzug

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

James R. Schlesinger

Self

Frank Church

Self (archive footage)

Bob Kerrey

Self

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