The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
September 23, 2011
104 minutes
6.3
DramaDocumentaryHistory

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.

Trailer
Cast
William Colby
(Self (archive footage))
Zbigniew Brzezinski
(Self - Former National Security Advisor)
Seymour Hersh
(Self)
Donald Rumsfeld
(Self)
George H. W. Bush
(Self (archive footage))
John F. Kennedy
(Self (archive footage))
Robert F. Kennedy
(Self (voice) (archive footage))
Henry Kissinger
(Self (archive footage))
Henry Cabot Lodge
(Self (archive footage))
Robert McNamara
(Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage))
Pope Pius XII
(Self (archive footage))
Richard Nixon
(Self (archive footage))
Ronald Reagan
(Self (archive footage))
Nelson Rockefeller
(Self (archive footage))
Dean Rusk
(Self - Secretary of State (voice) (archive footage))
Bella Abzug
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
James R. Schlesinger
(Self)
Frank Church
(Self (archive footage))
Bob Kerrey
(Self)