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392:as Albert Brewer (uncredited)
314:as Jimmy Ellis (Soviet agent)
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338:as Anna Braun (Soviet agent)
35:Original British quad poster
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480:In 2013, a contributor to
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1024:British crime drama films
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558:"High Treason (1951)"
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175:90 minutes
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