The Impossible Spy

1h 36m
DramaThriller
5.1

This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where he spent years infiltrating the Syrian political establishment. Israel's national hero, Eli Cohen, successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government as a double-agent. The secrets he obtained became crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War.

Cast

John Shea
Eli Cohen
Eli Wallach
Yacov
Sasson Gabai
General Haled
Michal Bat-Adam
Nadia Cohen
Rami Danon
Amram
Chaim Jeraffi
Salloum
Anat Barzilai
Galela
Yossi Kenan
Nassim
Judith Milo
Madame Massim
Victor Kamar
Major Massim
Fahami Shishtawi
Syrian Border Captain
Shlomo Sadan
Syrian Colonel
Jacques Cohen
Assan (as Jack Cohen)

Crew

Jim Goddard
Director
Douglas Livingstone
Writer
Marty Ross
Writer
Richard Hartley
Original Music Composer

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