The Contract

Name: The Contract
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-01-03
Cast: Kevin McNally, Bernard Hepton, James Faulkner, Hans Caninenberg, Brigitte Karner

— Jan 1988 1 Season 3 Episodes 50m/ep

Ended

Drama

Overview

A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.

Created by Gerald Seymour

Yorkshire Television

Cast

Kevin McNally

Johnny Donoghue

Bernard Hepton

Henry Carter

James Faulkner

Charles Mawby

Hans Caninenberg

Professor Guttman

Brigitte Karner

Erica Guttman

Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff

Willi Guttmann

Donald Pickering

Permanent Undersecretary

Robert Lang

Deputy Undersecretary

Bert Parnaby

Adam Percy

Claus-Peter Seifert

Ulf Becker

Hans Schödel

Heini Schalke

Katharina Abt

Jutte Hamburg

Key Crew

Ian Toynton

Director

Michael Mallinson

First Assistant Director

Gerald Seymour

Writer

David Cunliffe

Executive Producer

Keith Richardson

Producer

Wolfgang Bajorat

Production Manager

Allan Pyrah

Director of Photography

Paul Trevor Bale

Editor

Brian Tomkins

Editor

Part 1

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.

Jan 3, 1988 50m

Part 2

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.

Jan 4, 1988 53m

Part 3

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.

Jan 5, 1988 52m

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