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Spy Trap
- Year of completion
- 1987
- Content type
- Documentary
- Format
- Feature
- Genre
- History
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
This Australian documentary, drama tells how the defection of Soviet spy Vladmir Petrov in Canberra 1954 led to a political crisis in Australia and the eventual 'smoking out' of the century's master spy, Harold Russell (Kim) Philby - a senior KGB agent for more than 50 years. Included is much of the most recent footage of Philby himself.