Traitor

Overview

Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the USSR. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but not his country. The press find these beliefs incompatible, and want to find out why he became a ‘traitor’. Harris is plagued by anxieties over both his actions and his upper-class childhood, and drinks to a state of collapse

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 14, 1971

Original language

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC

Cast

Diana Fairfax,John Le Mesurier,Richard Marner,Lyndon Brook,Jack Hedley,Terence Bayler,Jon Laurimore

Director

Alan Bridges

Writer

Dennis Potter,Ann Scott

Producer

Graeme MacDonald

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0067875