Merchants of Death
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary that travels into the lives of the two biggest private arms dealers in the world -- Sarkis Soghanalian and Sam Cummings. Lebanese-born Sarkis Soghanalian claims he has worked for the CIA and he felt that he had the full support of the US Government when he helped buy arms for Saddam Huss
Cast & Crew
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Steve Kroft
Narration
Sarkis Soghnalian
Interviewee
Joseph Trento
Interviewee
Forrest Hunt
Interviewee
Keith Prager
Interviewee
Susan Tarbe
Interviewee
Film Details
Also Known As
Headline Discovery (07/12/99)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Production Company
CBS News; Discovery Channel Productions
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary that travels into the lives of the two biggest private arms dealers in the world -- Sarkis Soghanalian and Sam Cummings. Lebanese-born Sarkis Soghanalian claims he has worked for the CIA and he felt that he had the full support of the US Government when he helped buy arms for Saddam Hussein. Cummings, a Philadelphia born Army veteran, has sold guns to the CIA-backed rebels in Guatemala, Haiti's Francois Duvalier, the Dominican Republic's Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, Cuba's Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro, would have sold to Moammar Gadhafi had the British government not blocked the transaction. Together these men have helped prop up dictatorships, overthrow governments and made millions.
Cast
Steve Kroft
Narration
Sarkis Soghnalian
Interviewee
Joseph Trento
Interviewee
Forrest Hunt
Interviewee
Keith Prager
Interviewee
Susan Tarbe
Interviewee
Crew
Roberto Alvarez
Video/ Audio
Margery Baker Riker
Executive In Charge Of Production (Cbs News Productions)
Lowell Bergman
Senior Producer (Cbs News Productions)
Lowell Bergman
Reporter
Howard Brenner
Production Manager
Steve Burns
Director Of Production (Discovery Channel)
Hillary Dann
Archival Coordinator
Oriana Zill De Granados
Associate Producer
Paul Douglas
Video/ Audio
Luigi Giuliani
Video/ Audio
Daniel Glucksman
Editor
Laurie Goldstein
Publicist (Discovery Channel)
Matt Gonzales
Video/ Audio
Paul Hardy
Video/ Audio
Joan Johnson
Graphics
Susan Levit
Producer
Hal Lewis
Director Of Production (Cbs News Productions)
Terrence L Martin
Executive Producer (Cbs News Productions)
Bill Mccurdy
Video/ Audio
Stuart Miller
Assistant Producer
Jergen Newmann
Video/ Audio
J P Olson
Associate Producer
Scott Osterman
Video/ Audio
Chris Phillips
Video/ Audio
Mike Quattrone
Executive In Charge Of Production (Discovery Channel)
Stacey Ray
Publicist (Discovery Channel)
Rob Reid
Executive Producer (Discovery Channel)
Yvonne Shaw
Unit Manager
Mildred Spearman
Manager Of Rights And Clearances
Aaron Tomlinson
Video/ Audio
Nick Turner
Video/ Audio
Film Details
Also Known As
Headline Discovery (07/12/99)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Production Company
CBS News; Discovery Channel Productions
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
