The Agency (film)
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Directed by | George Kaczender |
Written by | Noel Hynd |
Starring | Robert Mitchum Lee Majors Saul Rubinek Valerie Perrine Alexandra Stewart |
Cinematography | Miklós Lente |
Distributed by | Jensen Farley Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $4 million[1] |
The Agency or Agency (known as Mind Games on video) is a 1981 Canadian thriller drama film directed by George Kaczender.[2] The film was written by Noel Hynd.[3]
Based on a novel by Paul Gottlieb,[4] it is a thriller involving creative director Philip Morgan (Lee Majors) who discovers the advertising agency he works for, run by Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum), is using subliminal advertising to manipulate a senatorial election. It features appearances by Canadian actors Saul Rubinek as a copywriter (earning a "Best Supporting Actor" Genie nomination),[3] Jonathan Welsh as a police detective, and familiar supporting players Michael Kirby and Gary Reineke as hitmen, and Hugh Webster as a prison inmate.
The film was shot on locations in Montreal and rural Quebec.
References
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- Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, p. 49, "The Agency". Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 0-7876-8980-7.
- The Agency at IMDb
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