When do I get my first assignment When I decide you're ready.

Description: Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.

Cast:
Nathan Muir: Robert Redford
Tom Bishop: Brad Pitt
Elizabeth Hadley: Catherine McCormack
Charles Harker: Stephen Dillane
Troy Folger: Larry Bryggman
Gladys Jennip: Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Dr. Byars: Matthew Marsh
Robert Aiken: Todd Boyce
Vincent Vy Ngo: Michael Paul Chan
Cy Wilson: Garrick Hagon
Andrew Unger: Andrew Grainger
Fred Kappler: Bill Buell
Henry Pollard: Colin Stinton
CIA Administrator: Ted Maynard
CIA Lobby Guard: Tom Hodgkins
Folger's Secretary: Rufus Wright
Billy Hyland: Demetri Goritsas
OPS Center Security Officer: Quinn Collins
Back Bencher: Sam Scudder
CIA Back Bencher: Yann Johnson
Cleaner: Pat McGrath
Estate Agent: Shane Rimmer
Harry Duncan: David Hemmings
Mitch Alford: James Aubrey
Alford's Receptionist (as In Sook Chappell): In-Sook Chappell
Tran: Benedict Wong
Li: Ken Leung
Jiang: Adrian Pang
Prison Warden (as Ho-Yi): Ho Yi
Down's Prisoner (as David Y. Cheung): David Cheung
Interrogator: Tony Xu
Ambulance Driver: Mark Sung
Prison Doctor (as David K.S. Tse): David Tse
Prison Guard: Chuen Tsou
Warden's Lieutenant (as Dan Tse): Daniel Tse
Outer Gate Guard: Vincent Wang
Vietnam: Captain: Stuart Milligan
Vietnam: VC General: Joseph Chanet
Vietnam: General Hun Chea: Eddie Yeoh
Vietnam: Radioman: Freddie Joe Farnsworth
Frederick Schmidt - Berlin: Joerg Stadler
Berlin: West German Businessman: Zsolt Zágoni
Vopo #1 - Berlin: Balázs Tardy
Berlin: Vopo #2: Pál Oberfrank
Berlin: East German Refugee: Géza Schramek
Berlin: Bar Owner: Imre Csuja
Berlin: Bar Owner's Wife: Melinda Völgyi
Berlin: East German Border Guard: Károly Rékasi
Sandy - Berlin (as Kimberly Tufo): Kimberly Paige
Berlin: Ambassador Cathcart: Iain Smith
Berlin: CIA Training Instructor: Gregory Groth
Berlin: CIA Polygraph: Peter Linka
Beirut: Doumet: Omid Djalili
Dr. Ahmed - Beirut: Amidou
Beirut: Sheik Salameh: Nabil Massad
Colonel Ajami - Beirut: Mohamed Picasso
Beirut: Checkpoint Guard: Aziz Ait Essahmi
Beirut: Arab Businessman: Moustapha Moulay
Beirut: Motorcyclist / Decoy Man: Mohamed Quatib
Beirut: Suicide Van Driver: Farid Regragui
Commander Wiley - Rescue Sequence: Dale Dye
Rescue Sequence: Heli Pilot: Tim Briggs
Reporters: CNN Reporter: Frank Nall
Reporters: US-China Reporter: Ian Porter
Berlin: Anne Cathcart: Charlotte Rampling
Chinese Prisoner: Ian Boo Khoo
CIA Agent: Scott Samain
A Girl: Anita Deutsch
Special Forces Team Member - Rescue Sequence: James Embree
Lift CIA Agent: Philip Harvey
Old Man in Window - Berlin: Tibor Kenderesi
Chinese Prison Guard: Tong Lung
Muir's Cousin: Andrea Osvárt
East German Refugee #2 - Berlin: Wil Röttgen
Digger Gibson: Matthew Walker
Lloyds of London Office Guy: Terrance Ottis Williams

Written by: Michael Frost Beckner, David Arata

Director: Tony Scott

Production: Universal Pictures, Beacon Communications, Kalima Productions, Metropolitan Filmexport, October Pictures, Red Wagon Entertainment, TOHO

Release date: 21 Nov 2001

Box Office: $62,362,560