
Red King, White Knight
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
Cast

Tom Skerritt
Stoner

Max von Sydow
Szaz

Helen Mirren
Anna

Tom Bell
Tulayev

Neil Dudgeon
Vlasek

Barry Corbin
Bentick

Clarke Peters
Jones

Lou Hirsch
Baetz

Kerry Shale
Viktor

Gavan O'Herlihy
Clancy

Shane Rimmer
Kenneth Nelson

David de Keyser

Boris Isarov

Kerry Shale
Storyline
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
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