Bridge of Spies

Theatrical - Wide 2015-10-16

Cast Tom Hanks Mark Rylance Amy Ryan Alan Alda Sebastian Koch
Directed by Steven Spielberg

Box Office Gross: $165,478,348

Running Time: 141 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: TSG Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, Participant, Reliance Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures

Genres: Drama Thriller

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7/10

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During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers’ only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to... See more negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man’s freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

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