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Cast

Sean Taylor

Sean Taylor

Harold Holt

Malcolm Kennard

Malcolm Kennard

Charles Forwell

Lech Mackiewicz

Lech Mackiewicz

Ivan Petrov

Josef Ber

Josef Ber

Teddy Knox

Aaron Scully

Aaron Scully

David Bondurant

Renaud Jadin

Renaud Jadin

Tom Lancaster

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David Burr

David Burr

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Scott Mannion

Scott Mannion

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Russell Boyd

Russell Boyd

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Sally Eccleston

Sally Eccleston

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Scott Mannion

Scott Mannion

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The Defector

20177.7 / 1015 min
History, Mystery, Thriller

Overview

1967, the height of the Red Scare. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt is embroiled in a power struggle after discovering his spymaster has illegally investigated and exposed Red sympathisers embedded within Holt's administration.