'DEFECTOR' IS FRIDAY TV MOVIE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01365R000300060017-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: November 30, 1968
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2005/01/13 : CIA-RDP88-01365R000.00060017-3
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Defector
Friday
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sian physicist defect to the.
West.
Aware of the assignment, the;
I Russians send one of their Se-
cret Service men, Hardy Kru-?
ger, to cover Cleft, Through.
Y beautiful Macha Meril, who has,
fallen in love with him, C1ift`
learns he is marked for death.
With the girl's help, he man-
ages to survive nightmarish'
flight that does not necessarily'
Roddy McDowall to iuiclei take
an important espionage assign
I; meat, to help a famous Rus-..
Cleft, as an American profes-
sor on a visit to East Germany,
packed cold war thriller, star-
ring Montgomery Clift and
Hardy Kruger, will be the color`
presentation on "The Friday'
Night Movie this week on CBS-i
TV (9 p.m., Ch. 6).
T o d d y McDowall Macha:
Meril, David Opatoshu, Christ-,,
ine Dclaroche and Hannes Mes-' '
semer have important roles in,
the 1966 Seven Arts release;
ti
"The Defender," intrigue'
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