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When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.


“Read between the lies.”
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

Ewan McGregor
The Ghost

Pierce Brosnan
Adam Lang

Kim Cattrall
Amelia Bly

Olivia Williams
Ruth Lang

Tom Wilkinson
Paul Emmett

Timothy Hutton
Sidney Kroll

Jon Bernthal
Rick Ricardelli

Tim Preece
Roy

Robert Pugh
Richard Rycart

David Rintoul
Stranger
The Ghost Writer is a thriller, mystery film released in 2010 exploring themes of london, england, central intelligence agency (cia), based on novel or book, politics, war crimes, massachusetts. Directed by Roman Polanski, it stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall. A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
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