Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto
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Spycatcher was a BBC television series, starring Bernard Archard, which ran from 1959 to 1961. It was based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto (once called "the greatest living authority on security"), [1] who specialised in the interrogation of suspected spies during ...
Each episode in this series featured a lengthy interrogation by Colonel Pinto ( played expertly by Bernard Archer) to test whether an apparently genuine Allied serviceman or refugee was, in reality, a German spy. His ingenious methods invariably resulted in the suspect giving himself away.
- (22)
- 1959-09-03
- Drama
- 30
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Total Runtime 6h (24 episodes) Languages English. Genres Drama. Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of suspected spies during World War II and had later published his memoirs under the title Spy Catcher.
- September 3, 1959
1 9 5 9 - 1 9 6 1 (UK) 24 x 30 minute episodes This BBC series starred Bernard Archard as British army interrogator Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto during World War II. Each episode was completely devoid of action but featured a lengthy interrogation by Pinto, full of psychological tension, to test whether an apparently genuine
Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of suspected spies during World War II and had later published his memoirs under the title Spy Catcher.
Thu, Sep 10, 1959. Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto suspects a Belgium seaman, Eugene Timmermanns is spy. He claims he has escaped from Miranda jail, in Spain but his story starts to unravel when he is discovered with a wallet he no answer for. Rate.
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