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Code Name: Heraclitus

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Code Name: Heraclitus
Directed byJames Goldstone
Written byAlvin Sapinsley
Produced byJack Laird
Gordon Oliver
StarringStanley Baker
Leslie Nielsen
Jack Weston
Sheree North
CinematographyBud Thackery
Music byJohnny Mandel
Distributed byMorpics
Universal
Release date
  • January 1, 1967 (1967-01-01)
Running time
88 Min.
60 Min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Code Name: Heraclitus is a 1967 American thriller film starring Stanley Baker and Leslie Nielsen. The film originally was a television pilot[1] that appeared as two episodes of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre on January 18–25, 1967.

Plot

Stanley Baker stars as a British spy who investigates the past of Lydia Constantine (Signe Hasso), the widow of secret agent Constantine (Kurt Kasznar). Lydia is suspected of selling Cold War secrets to the Soviet Union. To ascertain the truth, it is necessary to "rebuild" agent Constantine and send his living counterpart behind the Iron Curtain. When agent Constantine is "rebuilt" he doesn't remember anything.

Cast

Stanley Baker : Frank G. Wheatley
Leslie Nielsen : Fryer
Jack Weston : Gerberman
Sheree North : Sally
Kurt Kasznar : Constantine
Signe Hasso : Lydia Constantine
Ricardo Montalbán (credited as Ricardo Montalban) : Janáček

See also

References

  1. ^ Terrace, Vincent Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012 McFarland, 01/01/2013