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Howard Blum (book)
Pete Earley (book)
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4 February 1990 (USA) more
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Fact based story of John A. Walker, Jr., a Navy chief petty officer with access to top secret cryptographic communications... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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what a great show more (5 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Powers Boothe | ... | John A. Walker Jr |
 | Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Barbara Walker |
| Lili Taylor | ... | Laura Walker |
| Graham Beckel | ... | Jerry A. Whitworth |
| Andrew Lowery | ... | Michael L. Walker |
| Jenny Robertson | ... | Rachel |
 | Charles Stransky | ||
| Ken Jenkins | ||
| Elena Wohl | ... | Cynthia Walker (as Elena Stiteler) |
 | Gordon Clapp | ... | Capt. Burnett |
 | John M. Jackson | ... | Arthur J. Walker |
 | John Wesley | ... | Capt. Lennox |
| Jeroen Krabbé | ... | Boris One |
| Cynthia Bain | ... | Linda Rayfield |
| William Frankfather | ... | Adm. Tully |
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USA:175 min
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Continuity: At the beginning of the movie Walker is shown walking down the gangplank. As he approaches the Officer of the Deck the emblem on his cap is that of a Navy Warrant Officer. As he walks down the plank his hat emblem is that of a naval officer. When he gets into his MG the hat emblem is back to the Warrant officer emblem. more
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The TV Guide ad for this movie said that Powers Boothe brings to the role of an American traitor the same chilling conviction that won him an Emmy award for the 1980 tv movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones. Boothe is both an actor whom you don't see enough of and one who has never been given just due. He is a really great bad guy with his sinister handsomeness and deep baritone voice. John Walker was truly a despicable traitor who was motivated by simple greed. I just cannot understand how he could get his own son involved! This movie is a masterful adaptation of Pete Earley's book. What gets me is that Walker thought he was so smart (Earley said that he reminded him of a dog chasing his own tail around and around) but he was a fool. If our country had gone to war with Russia and they defeated us, they wouldn't have shown Walker any special treatment. He would have been in the prison camps along with everybody else.