A pretty cynical take on defecting scientists from the eastern block.
Irena Gayevska (Hildegard Neil) is a beautiful Russian nuclear scientist. She is a guest speaker at a conference. Security is tight in case she goes wandering.
Eastbrook (William Lucas) is her western boyfriend and he has tasked The Protectors to smuggle Irena into the west.
No easy task but as a nuclear scientists with unique skills. She can be a valuable asset.
Contessa Caroline di Contini helps Irena escape to the west but they are not clean through. They are followed.
Meanwhile Eastbrook did a deal with the British government. That Irena will eventually work for them. Her knowledge is too good to waste.
This is a tragic story, once the defection takes place you think it's a done and dusted deal.
When Irena dies, Harry Rule asks the British government official who killed her. The west or the east?
Irena was just too valuable to live.
Irena Gayevska (Hildegard Neil) is a beautiful Russian nuclear scientist. She is a guest speaker at a conference. Security is tight in case she goes wandering.
Eastbrook (William Lucas) is her western boyfriend and he has tasked The Protectors to smuggle Irena into the west.
No easy task but as a nuclear scientists with unique skills. She can be a valuable asset.
Contessa Caroline di Contini helps Irena escape to the west but they are not clean through. They are followed.
Meanwhile Eastbrook did a deal with the British government. That Irena will eventually work for them. Her knowledge is too good to waste.
This is a tragic story, once the defection takes place you think it's a done and dusted deal.
When Irena dies, Harry Rule asks the British government official who killed her. The west or the east?
Irena was just too valuable to live.