Operation Manhunt (1954)

Directors

Jack Alexander

Cast

Harry Townes

The story

In September 1945, Igor Gouzenko, a cryptography clerk at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, has defected with top secret documents regarding an extensive Soviet espionage network in Canada, in exchange for asylum with new identities for himself and his family (his wife Katya, and his children Jean and Stephen). However, the Gouzenkos - now living in Quebec under the assumed name Mielick - live in constant fear of retaliation from their former countrymen. Gouzenko has been writing a novel about his work for the Soviets, with Victor Collier of the Montreal publishing house Collier & Grant willing to publicize the manuscript despite Soviet spies…

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