Midnight in Saint Petersburg

Oct 17, 1996

1h 26m

★ 5.0

No One Can Be Trusted. Nothing Is As It Seems. One Wrong Move Could Cost Everything.

Overview

Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky. They take on the job of finding 1000 grams of weapons-grade plutonium stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.

Genres

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

Lenfilm

Harry Palmer Productions

Showtime Networks

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Cast

Harry Palmer

Michael Caine

Nikolai Petrov

Jason Connery

Alex

Michael Gambon

Craig

Michael Sarrazin

Colonel Gradsky

Lev Prygunov

Greta

Olga Anokhina

Yuri

Anatoli Davydov

Louis

John Dunn-Hill

Feodor

Yevgeni Zharikov

Brandy

Michelle Burke

Dr. Vestry

Serge Houde

Club Manager

Ingolf Gorges

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