Red King, White Knight
Brief Synopsis
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An ex-CIA agent is lured out of retirement to thwart the KGB plot to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary during a public ceremony in an Eastern European country. Working alone in Eastern Europe, he joins forces with a former enemy and an old flame to thwart the deadly scheme.
Cast & Crew
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Geoff Murphy
Director
Clarke Peters
Helen Mirren
Garrick Hagon
Tom Skerritt
Neil Dudgeon
Film Details
Also Known As
Red King, White Knight
Genre
Political
Spy
Thriller
Release Date
1989
Location
London, England, United Kingdom; Budapest, Hungary; Washington, DC, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
An ex-CIA agent is lured out of retirement to thwart the KGB plot to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary during a public ceremony in an Eastern European country. Working alone in Eastern Europe, he joins forces with a former enemy and an old flame to thwart the deadly scheme.
Director
Geoff Murphy
Director
Cast
Clarke Peters
Helen Mirren
Garrick Hagon
Tom Skerritt
Neil Dudgeon
Lou Hirsch
Tom Bell
Gay Baynes
Kerry Shale
Boris Isarov
David De Keyser
Gavan O'herlihy
Shane Rimmer
Barry Corbin
Kenneth Nelson
Max Von Sydow
Crew
David Anderson
Rerecording
Laszlo Bagyi
Electrician
Csaba Bankhardt
Grip
Peter Barbalics
Assistant Director
Clive Barrett
Assistant Editor
Gyula Bongor
Dresser
Rejane Boudreau
Production Auditor
Serge Bureau
Property Master
Pam Carlton
Continuity
Jozsef Cirko
Unit Manager
Paul Conway
Dialogue Editor
Judit Csak
Assistant Art Director
Peter Culverwell
Assistant Sound Editor
Peter Davies
Editor
Egon Endrenyi
Photography
Julia Fenyvessy
Makeup Artist
Gabor Fulop
Transportation Manager
Bela Gajdos
Other
Nigel Galt
Sound Editor
David R Ginsburg
Executive Producer
Geza Gonda
Assistant Camera Operator
Peter Gyorgy
Assistant Director
Miklos Hajdu
Gaffer
Gabor Hamvas
Electrician
John Hayward
Rerecording
Laszlo Helle
Production Manager
Jozsef Horvath
Wardrobe
Ron Hutchinson
Screenplay
Joan Isaacson
Makeup Artist
Barna Kacsoh
Stunt Man
Jozsef Kardos
Boom Operator
John Kemeny
Producer
Kati Kemeny
Assistant
Adrian Kerridge
Sound
Gaby Kertesz
Other
Bobe Kiraly
Cashier
Tibor Klopfler
Camera
Laszlo Kokenyessy
Stunt Man
Erzsebet Kovacs
Dresser
Gyula Krasnyanszky
Special Effects
Verz Loosz
Other
István Major
Unit Manager
Gabi Marki
Other
Gyongyi Nagy
Accountant
Piroska Nagy
Assistant Director
Cathy O'donnell
Assistant
Ferenc Ormos
Special Effects
Elemer Ragalyi
Director Of Photography
Janos Reti
Sound Mixer
Jozsef Romvari
Production Designer
Imre Sarkozy
Unit Manager
John Scott
Music
Dmitri Shostakovich
Music
Tamas Simon
Propman
Imre Sisa
Grip
Terry Smith
Wardrobe Supervisor
Marta Stella
Assistant
Andrea Straitman
Set Decorator
Jeffrey Sudzin
Associate Producer
Attila Szucs
Grip
Zsoka Takacs
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Melinda Tompa
Hair
Erzsebet Toro
Other
Magda Torok
Other
Istvan Toth
Set Decorator
Sheila Trezise
Casting
Istvan Vanyo
Security
Andras Varaday
Assistant Camera Operator
Zsuzsa Varady
Other
Zsolt Varkonyi
Other
Agner Varnai
Assistant Director
Jozsef Vass
Construction Manager
Bela Vaszary
Medic
Tamas Vavrik
Stunt Man
Graham Walker
Music Supervisor
Michael Zenon
Assistant Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Red King, White Knight
Genre
Political
Spy
Thriller
Release Date
1989
Location
London, England, United Kingdom; Budapest, Hungary; Washington, DC, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 25, 1989
Released in United States on Video May 9, 1990
Estimated budget: $4,000,000
Began shooting mid-May 1989.
Completed shooting mid-July 1989.
