Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed

Born: December 1, 1982
in Wembley, London, England, UK
Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known as Riz MC, is a British actor and rapper. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Nightcrawler, Sound of Metal, Rogue One, Venom, The Sister Brothers, and the HBO miniseries The Night Of. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

Movies for Riz Ahmed...

Fingernails
Title: Fingernails
Character: Amir
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It’s been proven by a controversial test. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she meets Amir.
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Dammi
Title: Dammi
Released: August 2, 2023
Type: Movie
Returning to Paris, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the present, searching for connection with his estranged father. On his journey, he meets a French-Algerian woman. As their intimacy grows, he is confronted with his shame and fears while exploring his lost Arab identity… Behind Paris is Algiers.
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Nimona
Title: Nimona
Character: Ballister Boldheart (voice)
Released: June 23, 2023
Type: Movie
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
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Encounter
Title: Encounter
Character: Malik Khan
Released: December 3, 2021
Type: Movie
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
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Lines
Title: Lines
Released: February 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.
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Sound of Metal
Title: Sound of Metal
Character: Ruben Stone
Released: November 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
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Mogul Mowgli
Title: Mogul Mowgli
Character: Zed
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: Movie
Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, and he is forced to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.
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The Long Goodbye
Title: The Long Goodbye
Character: Riz
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: Movie
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.
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Title: The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Character: Himself
Released: July 19, 2019
Type: TV
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan is a British late-night talk show which was broadcast on Channel 4. The show is hosted by British comedian Mo Gilligan.
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Venom
Title: Venom
Character: Carlton Drake / Riot
Released: September 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
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The Sisters Brothers
Title: The Sisters Brothers
Character: Hermann Kermit Warm
Released: September 19, 2018
Type: Movie
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
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Title: The Big Narstie Show
Character: Self
Released: June 29, 2018
Type: TV
Grime legend and social media sensation Big Narstie hosts an anarchic studio show along with his co-host, and the hottest comedian in town, Mo Gilligan.
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The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Title: The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Character: Himself
Released: April 4, 2017
Type: Movie
The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
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Una
Title: Una
Character: Scott
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.
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Title: The OA
Character: Elias Rahim
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: TV
Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Title: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Character: Bodhi Rook
Released: December 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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City of Tiny Lights
Title: City of Tiny Lights
Character: Tommy Akhtar
Released: September 12, 2016
Type: Movie
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
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Jason Bourne
Title: Jason Bourne
Character: Aaron Kalloor
Released: July 27, 2016
Type: Movie
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
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Title: The Night Of
Character: Nasir "Naz" Khan
Released: July 10, 2016
Type: TV
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch
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Title: Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character: Self
Released: August 2, 2015
Type: TV
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
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Title: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 2015
Type: TV
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.
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Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character: Self
Released: December 21, 2014
Type: TV
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.
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Nightcrawler
Title: Nightcrawler
Character: Rick
Released: October 23, 2014
Type: Movie
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Title: Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character: Self
Released: February 6, 2014
Type: TV
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development before fame, their passions beyond their careers, and gives them a space to open up about their insight into their business and their own abilities. Filmed in black and white, with a few deep cushion chairs and sparse set, the show relies on Sam's ability to relate to the guests and their will to speak freely with him.
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Out of Darkness
Title: Out of Darkness
Character: Male
Released: October 8, 2013
Type: Movie
A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that won't let go.
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Closed Circuit
Title: Closed Circuit
Character: Nazrul Sharma
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Title: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Character: Changez
Released: April 24, 2013
Type: Movie
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Ill Manors
Title: Ill Manors
Character: Aaron
Released: June 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
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Title: Girls
Character: Paul-Louis
Released: April 15, 2012
Type: TV
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
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Black Gold
Title: Black Gold
Character: Ali
Released: December 21, 2011
Type: Movie
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.
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Trishna
Title: Trishna
Character: Jay
Released: September 8, 2011
Type: Movie
When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
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Title: The Jonathan Ross Show
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2011
Type: TV
The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.
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Four Lions
Title: Four Lions
Character: Omar
Released: May 7, 2010
Type: Movie
A group of Muslim men living in Sheffield hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers.
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Centurion
Title: Centurion
Character: Tarak
Released: February 15, 2010
Type: Movie
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
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Title: 10 Minute Tales
Character: Joseph
Released: December 21, 2009
Type: TV
The biggest names in writing, acting and directing come together in a series of shorts on Sky1 HD this festive period. Experience a novel Noel with these original, uplifting and highly creative slices of silent cinema that prove actions do speak louder than words. Starring Mackenzie Crook, Bill Nighy, Peter Capaldi, Ross Kemp, and a host of major stars, each of the 10 Minute Tales promises to be a unique and engaging look at life, loss, and love.
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Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Title: Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Released: November 3, 2009
Type: Movie
Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their fans.
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Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Vijay
Released: September 24, 2009
Type: Movie
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
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Freefall
Title: Freefall
Character: Gary
Released: July 13, 2009
Type: Movie
FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's lives to spiral out of control. With pace, edge and real emotional punch, it gives a unique insight into how the country came so perilously close to the edge.
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Title: Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Character: Self
Released: June 14, 2009
Type: TV
Alan Carr: Chatty Man is a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show features interviews with celebrity guests, sketches, topical chat and music.
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Shifty
Title: Shifty
Character: Shifty
Released: April 24, 2009
Type: Movie
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.
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Title: Dead Set
Character: Riq
Released: October 27, 2008
Type: TV
Zombies are rampaging throughout Britain. Blissfully unaware of gory events outside, the Big Brother housemates are in for the ultimate eviction night...
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Baghdad Express
Title: Baghdad Express
Character: Talal
Released: October 27, 2008
Type: Movie
A young girl working in her father's Arabic restaurant is forced to decide which comes first - her dreams or her family.
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Title: Wired
Character: Manesh Kunzru
Released: October 13, 2008
Type: TV
Louise Evans is a single mother who works as a customer advisor for big bucks investors at a slick, pin-striped bank. On a night out with her best friend Anna she's introduced to Anna's slippery new boyfriend Phillip. Phillip makes Louise an indecent proposal: accept a briefcase full of money in return for helping him to defraud one of the bank’s richest clients.
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Britz
Title: Britz
Character: Sohail Wahid
Released: November 5, 2007
Type: Movie
Sohail is an ambitious law undergraduate who signs up with MI5 and, eager to play a part in protecting British security, begins an investigation into a terrorist cell. His sister Nasima is a medical student in Leeds who becomes increasingly alienated and angered by Britain's foreign and domestic policy after witnessing at first hand the relentless targeting of her Muslim neighbours and peers. With action set in Pakistan, Eastern Europe, London and Leeds, both feature-length episodes detail a tragic sequence of events from two distinct perspectives. At the heart of this thought-provoking drama is a revealing examination of British Muslim life under current anti-terror legislation. Britz ultimately asks whether the laws we think are making us safer, are actually putting us in greater danger.
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Title: Britz
Character: Sohail
Released: October 31, 2007
Type: TV
Two British-born Muslim siblings are drawn in radically different directions after 9/11.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: The Path to 9/11
Character: Yosri
Released: September 10, 2006
Type: TV
Beginning with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and ending on the morning of 9/11, the draws on detailed information from the 9/11 Commission Report to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the events that presaged that fateful day -- to understand what went right and wrong, and what can be learned from this crucial eight-year period.
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Title: The Play's the Thing (UK)
Released: June 12, 2006
Type: TV
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Banglatown Banquet
Title: Banglatown Banquet
Character: Razual
Released: March 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage of discovery.
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The Road to Guantanamo
Title: The Road to Guantanamo
Character: Shafiq
Released: March 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
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Title: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character: Self - Performer
Released: September 8, 2003
Type: TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: Hamlet
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic corruption.
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Exit West
Title: Exit West
Character: Saeed
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The feature adaptation of the novel which tackles the global refugee crisis and takes place in an unidentified country in the Middle East, where young Saeed and burqa-wearing Nadia flee their home after Saeed’s mother is killed by a stray bullet stemming from violent clashes between guerrillas and the local government. The couple joins other migrants traveling to safer havens via carefully guarded doors. Through one door, they wind up in a crowded camp on the Greek Island of Mykonos. Through another, they secure a private room in an abandoned London mansion populated mostly by displaced Nigerians. A third door takes them to California’s Marin County. In each location, their relationship is tested by their struggle to find food, adequate shelter and a sense of belonging among emigrant communities. The allegorical tale shows the contrast between the migrants’ tenuous daily reality and that of the privileged native population who’d prefer that they disappear.
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Violent Talent
Title: Violent Talent
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A man and his two oldest friends try to build a criminal empire in contemporary Chicago where he feels that crime might be the most honest job around.
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Relay
Title: Relay
Character: Tom
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Tom, a world class “fixer”, specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from potential client Sarah, needing Tom’s protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change.
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The Phoenician Scheme
Title: The Phoenician Scheme
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Described as a father-daughter espionage story with a darker tone than usual for Anderson. Premise TBA.