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Oct 1, 2016 · For James B. Donovan, an Irish-American lawyer from New York who was recently played by award-winning actor Tom Hanks in the film Bridge of Spies, the opposite was in fact the case. His life was ultimately so seemingly fantastic that it would simply be impossible to depict in a single film.
James Britt Donovan (February 29, 1916 – January 19, 1970) was an American lawyer and United States Navy officer in the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency), ultimately becoming General Counsel of the OSS, and an international ...
Nov 25, 2015 · Just six months after the spy swap at the center of Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies,” James B. Donovan, the New York lawyer who negotiated that exchange in real life, sat down in Havana...
James Donovan, who you may know from Tom Hanks’ character in the Hollywood blockbuster, Bridge of Spies, was one of the men who negotiated their release, as well as the release of an additional 10,000 prisoners held in Cuban detention.
Jan 20, 1970 · Dr. James Britt Donovan, the lawyer and educator who ar ranged the trade of a Soviet spy for the U‐2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and negotiated the ransom of prisoners taken by Cuba in the Bay of...
Oct 16, 2015 · Steven Spielberg’s Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies, released nationwide today, stars Tom Hanks as Fordham alumnus James B. Donovan, FCRH ’37, the gritty, principled New York lawyer who pulled off one of the most famous spy swaps in history.
Nov 27, 2015 · Directed by Steven Spielberg, 'Bridge of Spies' is a dramatic thriller which tells the story of James Donovan (played by Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn insurance claims lawyer who finds himself thrust...
Feb 18, 2020 · James B. Donovan closely followed the spy trial of Francis Gary Powers, an American U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in May 1960, and was interviewed by America.
Mar 29, 2016 · For attorney James B. Donovan, a 1940 graduate of Harvard Law School, the real question at the height of the Cold War was: How can you not? In representing accused Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in the late 1950s, Donovan “probably had the most unpopular client since John Adams defended the British troops in the Boston Massacre of 1770 ...
Mar 30, 2016 · The film “Bridge of Spies” tells the story of James B. Donovan, a Harvard Law School graduate who played a critical part in prisoner negotiations during the Cold War. Donovan met with world leaders such as John F. Kennedy (left) and Fidel Castro during his career as an attorney and negotiator.
