Bridge of Spies

Released Year: 2015

Certificate: UA

Runtime: 142 minutes

Genre: Drama, History, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 81

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan

No of Votes: 287659

Gross: 72313754

Overview: During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

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