Trust. Betrayal. Deception. In the C.I.A. nothing is what it seems.
A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
ActionThrillercentral intelligence agency (cia)washington dc, usaspyrecruittrainingsurveillanceextramarital affairaggressiveintense
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Character
Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Colin FarrellJames Clayton
- Al PacinoWalter Burke
- Bridget MoynahanLayla Moore
- Gabriel MachtZack
- Karl PrunerDennis Slayne
- Eugene LipinskiHusky Man
- Mike RealbaRonnie Gibson
- Domenico FioreInstructor #1
- Ron LeaDell Rep (Bill Rudolph)
- Jeanie CallejaCo-Ed #1
Crew
- Roger DonaldsonDirector
- Roger TowneWriter
- Kurt WimmerWriter
- Mitch GlazerWriter
- Stuart DryburghDirector of Photography
- Klaus BadeltOriginal Music Composer
- David RosenbloomEditor
- Roger BirnbaumProducer
- Jeff AppleProducer
- Gary BarberProducer
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