This mini-series still holds up thirty years after appearing on television. I am not sure if Sam O'Neil won an award for the title role but it was a mistake if he did not win.
The director captured the period perfectly and the series revealed to the world one of the persons that Ian Fleming used to create James Bond.
The most interesting part of the series was Reilly's involvement in the attempt to overthrow Lenin's government at the end of World War I.
At the time the series was filmed, there were many theories about what happened to Reilly and it is to the film makers credit that they picked the correct one. Their version was verified, in 2000, when Russia finally produced the records that stated Reilly was shot outside Moscow.
During the 1980s-early 1990s, I read every bit of information about what might have happened to Reilly and it turned out the book written, in the late 1920s-early 30s, by the son of his friend provided the answer.
The director captured the period perfectly and the series revealed to the world one of the persons that Ian Fleming used to create James Bond.
The most interesting part of the series was Reilly's involvement in the attempt to overthrow Lenin's government at the end of World War I.
At the time the series was filmed, there were many theories about what happened to Reilly and it is to the film makers credit that they picked the correct one. Their version was verified, in 2000, when Russia finally produced the records that stated Reilly was shot outside Moscow.
During the 1980s-early 1990s, I read every bit of information about what might have happened to Reilly and it turned out the book written, in the late 1920s-early 30s, by the son of his friend provided the answer.