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The Defection of Simas Kudirka

23 Jan 1978
  • United States of America
100 mins
6
1 votes
  • TV Movie
  • Drama
articleOverview personCast
Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.
  • Alan Arkin

    as Simas Kudirka
  • Richard Jordan

    as Cmdr. Edward Devon
  • Donald Pleasence

    as Capt. Vladimir Popov
  • George Dzundza

    as Gruzauskas
  • John McMartin

    as Phillip Chadway
  • Shirley Knight

    as Genna Kudirka
  • Marvin Silbersher

    as Cmdr. Burkalis
  • Peter Evans

    as Mott
  • Ted Shackelford

    as Blain
  • Barton Heyman

    as Dr. Paegle
  • Jack Blessing

    as Kabek
  • Nicholas Guest

    as Baltrunar

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