Film

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

2011 · 1h 44m · Drama · Documentary · History

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Metacritic

71

A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.

William Colby

Self (archive footage)

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Self - Former National Security Advisor

Seymour Hersh

Self

Donald Rumsfeld

Self

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Henry Cabot Lodge

Self (archive footage)

Robert McNamara

Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)

Pope Pius XII

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Rockefeller

Self (archive footage)

Dean Rusk

Self - Secretary of State (voice) (archive footage)

Bella Abzug

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

• Carl ColbyDirector

THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY - Official Trailer

Release date

September 23, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Revenue

$183,342

Genres

Drama, Documentary, History