The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Directed by Carl Colby
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A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.Read moreLess
A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
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A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
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William ColbySelf (archive footage)
Zbigniew BrzezinskiSelf - Former National Security Advisor
Seymour HershSelf
Donald RumsfeldSelf
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
Robert F. KennedySelf (voice) (archive footage)
Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)
Robert McNamaraSelf - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
Pope Pius XIISelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
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- Carl Colby