Movie
The Falcon and the Snowman
Overview
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-01-25
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Orion Pictures, Hemdale
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Timothy Hutton as Christopher Boyce
- Sean Penn as Daulton Lee
- Pat Hingle as Mr. Charlie Boyce
- Joyce Van Patten as Mrs. Boyce
- Art Camacho as Boyce Child
- Richard Dysart as Dr. Lee
- Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Lee
- Chris Makepeace as David Lee
- Dorian Harewood as Gene
- Macon McCalman as Larry Rogers
- Jerry Hardin as Tony Owens
- Nicholas Pryor as Eddie
Crew
- John Schlesinger - Director
- Steven Zaillian - Screenplay
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