On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
Robert Redford
as Nathan D. Muir
Brad Pitt
as Tom Bishop
Catherine McCormack
as Elizabeth Hadley
Stephen Dillane
as Charles Harker
Larry Bryggman
as Troy Folger
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
as Gladys Jennip
Matthew Marsh
as Dr. William Byars
Todd Boyce
as Robert Aiken
Michael Paul Chan
as Vincent Vy Ngo
Garrick Hagon
as CIA Director Cy Wilson
Andrew Grainger
as Andrew Unger
Bill Buell
as Fred Kappler