The Russia House

Plot Summary

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.

Top Cast

Sean Connery Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Michelle Pfeiffer Katya Orlova

Roy Scheider Russell

James Fox Ned

John Mahoney Brady