Series, 1988–1988Ended
The Contract
IMDb 9.0, 1 season, 3 episodes, 50 min avg., United Kingdom
A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.
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Jan 3, 1988
British intelligence must convince Russian scientist Wilhelm Guttmann to come to the United Kingdom, but with his son in their hands, former soldier Johnny Donoghue is tasked with securing his cooperation amid Cold War tensions.
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Part 2
Part 2
Jan 4, 1988
Donoghue goes undercover in Berlin to make contact with Guttmann and persuade him to defect, navigating tense East German surveillance and diplomatic complications between the British and West Germans.
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Part 3
Part 3
Jan 5, 1988
Abandoned in East Germany as the operation unravels, Donoghue charges on with a desperate plan to smuggle Guttmann and his daughter across the border into West Germany.
Cast
15 credited
Kevin McNally
Johnny Donoghue
Bernard Hepton
Henry Carter
James Faulkner
Charles Mawby
Hans Caninenberg
Professor Guttman
Brigitte Karner
Erica Guttman
SM
Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff
Willi Guttmann
Donald Pickering
Permanent Undersecretary
Robert Lang
Deputy Undersecretary
BP
Bert Parnaby
Adam Percy
CS
Claus-Peter Seifert
Ulf Becker
HS
Hans Schödel
Heini Schalke
KA
Katharina Abt
Jutte Hamburg
Details
WritersGerald Seymour
GenresDrama
StatusEnded
First airedJan 3, 1988
IMDBtt0168604
TMDB238886
