Whether you did it or not doesn't matter. The state has to prove it, that you're a spy
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Rudolf Abel:
You've never asked me if the charges were true. If I am indeed a spy. James Donovan:
This is how we do it. The case against you matters. Making them prove it matters. The fiction is: Whether you did it or not doesn't matter. The state has to prove it, that you're a spy
You've never asked me if the charges were true. If I am indeed a spy. James Donovan:
This is how we do it. The case against you matters. Making them prove it matters. The fiction is: Whether you did it or not doesn't matter. The state has to prove it, that you're a spy
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You've never asked me if the charges were true
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If I am indeed a spy
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This is how we do it
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The case against you matters
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Making them prove it matters
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The fiction is
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Whether you did it or not doesn't matter
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The state has to prove it that you're a spy
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Movie Summary
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 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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Rudolf Abel
James B. Donovan
