The Double (2011 film)

The Double is a 2011 spy film, directed by Michael Brandt and starring Richard Gere and Topher Grace. It was released on October 28, 2011.

Retired operative Paul Shepherdson Richard Gere is summoned by CIA director Tom Highland Martin Sheen to look into the murder. He is introduced to a young FBI agent, Ben Geary Topher Grace who is an expert on a former Soviet operative known as Cassius. Geary reasons that Cassius is the assassin due to his signature throatslitting method.Paul and Ben visit Brutus Stephen Moyer, one of Cassiuss proteges, who had been locked up in prison, to learn the whereabouts of Cassius. They provide him with a radio and leave. The prisoner then swallows the batteries from the radio and fakes an upset stomach. Upon arriving at a hospital, he spits out the batteries, overpowers the medical staff, and escapes. In the basements garage, he is attacked by Paul, who reveals himself to be Cassius. Cassius slits his throat. Upon investigating the crime scene, Ben grows suspicious of Paul. Meanwhile, a Russian terrorist and murderer, Bozlovski Tamer Hassan, has entered the U.S. ........

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