January 16 - The Falcon and the Snowman

Today’s movie is an espionage drama with a scene that happens on January 16. Watch it tonight and enjoy.

THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN           

 Boyce goes to work at a defense contractor and after reading a misrouted coomunique dealing with a CIA plot to remove the Australian Prime Minsiter decides to sell classified material to the USSR. Hie friend, drug addict Andrew Lee agrees to handle the actual delivery of info the Soviets. Lee wants to build up an espionage business for cash, while Boyce wants to get out of espionage all together. The Soivits no longer want to deal with Lee due his increasingly drug fueled erratic behavior. Lee tosses a note over the fence at the Soviet embassy in Mexico and is arrested and accused of murder. Under torture he admits to being a spy and is offered a choice return to the USA or go to the USSR he reurns to America to be arrested, On January 16, 1977 [1:58:09 to 2:03:51] Christopher Boyce is arrested for espionage and interrogated by the FBI

The Falcon and the Snowman by Robert Lindsey (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979) at pages 249-260 gives the date of his arrest and confession

Director - John Schlesinger

Producers - Gabriel Katzka and John Schlesinger

Screenplay - Steven Zaillian

Released – January 25, 1985

Runtime – 2 hours 11 min.

Starring –

Timothy Hutton as Christopher Boyce

Sean Penn as Andrew Daulton Lee

Pat Hingle as Mr. Boyce

Joyce Van Patten as Mrs. Boyce

Richard Dysart as Dr. Lee

Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Lee

Chris Makepeace as David Lee

Dorian Harewood as Gene

Macon McCalman as Larry Rogers

Jerry Hardin as Tony Owens

Lori Singer as Lana

David Suchet as Alex

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.