The Pawn
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaSci-FiThriller
After the death of his wife and the murder of his son, Professor Gregor Antonov, a European chess master and key scientist in an important Soviet defense project, has become increasingly disillusioned with his work in the Cold War...
Director
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Writers
N/A
Stars
Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Antony Hamilton
Release Date
January 15, 1989
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Peter Graves
as Jim Phelps
Thaao Penghlis
as Nicholas Black
Antony Hamilton
as Max Harte
Phil Morris
as Grant Collier
👤
Terry Markwell
as Casey Randall
Bryan Marshall
as Gregor Antonov
Rowena Wallace
as Major Natalia Zorbuskaya
👤
Justin Monjo
as Bakunin
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Phillip Hinton
as Rultka
Max Phipps
as Rudensky
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Queensland, Australia
Production
Paramount Television
🏷️ Keywords
chesssame actor playing two characters simultaneously on screenringmorse codemagician
🎯 Categories
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaSci-FiThriller
⭐ Featured Review
Czech and Mate
"The Pawn is one of Mission Impossible 1988's best episodes. For once the series portrays a chess game in a realistic fashion unlike the episode 'A Game of Chess'...."
📖 Synopsis
After the death of his wife and the murder of his son, Professor Gregor Antonov, a European chess master and key scientist in an important Soviet defense project, has become increasingly disillusioned with his work in the Cold War...