95 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
Latest1975 and 1987 Washington, D.C. and Moscow. The game escalates against the Vietnam war and Gorbachev's rise to power; the web begins to tighten around Sasha, whilst Yevgeny and Jack face personal betrayals and a retired agent holds the key to breaking the Soviet Union's master plan.
The Company tells the thrilling story of Cold War CIA agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy – and each other – in an internecine battle within the Company itself.
Acting
Michael Keaton's Angleton: twitchy, brilliant, absolutely unhinged.
Writing
Robert Littell's novel adapted with merciless patience.
Production
Period-perfect Berlin and Moscow, no CGI cop-outs.
Creator
Mikael Salomon
Chris O'Donnell
Jack McAuliffe
Michael Keaton
James Jesus Angleton
Rory Cochrane
Yevgeny Tsipin
Tom Hollander
Adrian Philby
James Arnold Taylor
CIA Surveillence officer
Richard Blackburn
Senator J. William Fulbright
Simon Callow
MI6 liaison officer Elihu
Lynne Deragon
Female Cutout
Fernanda Dorogi
Agrippina
Craig Eldridge
Coach Waltz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
James Jesus Angleton was a real CIA counterintelligence chief who became obsessed with a Soviet mole that may never have existed — his paranoia crippled the Agency for years.
The Kim Philby betrayal (Tom Hollander's character) remains one of the most devastating intelligence failures in Western history — five Cambridge spies, decades undetected.
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