Traitor 53 years old

Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the USSR. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but not his country. The press find these beliefs incompatible, and want to find out why he became a ‘traitor’. Harris is plagued by anxieties over both his actions and his upper-class childhood, and drinks to a state of collapse

Credits

Richard Marner as Michaelov

Jack Hedley as James

John Le Mesurier as

Jon Laurimore as Thomas

Terence Bayler as Duty Clerk

Lyndon Brook as Sir Arthur Harris

Traitor Cast

Name	Character
Richard Marner He was 50, 82 years old when he died	as Michaelov
Jack Hedley He was 40, now 94 years old	as James
John Le Mesurier He was 59, 71 years old when he died
Jon Laurimore He was 35, now 88 years old	as Thomas
Terence Bayler He was 41, 86 years old when he died	as Duty Clerk
Lyndon Brook He was 45, 77 years old when he died	as Sir Arthur Harris
Diana Fairfax She was 43, now 97 years old	as Lady Emma

Traitor Crew

Name	Department
Dennis Potter as Writer. He was 36 (59) years old when He died	Writing
Alan Bridges as Director. He was 44 (86) years old when He died	Directing

Traitor (53 years)

Release day: Thursday, October 14, 1971
Runtime: 60 minutes