The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
1h 44m

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)
Henry Cabot Lodge
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)
Dean Rusk
Self - Secretary of State (voice) (archive footage)

Bella Abzug
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

James R. Schlesinger
Self

Frank Church
Self (archive footage)

Bob Kerrey
Self
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