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He was secretly working as a double agent for the Americans during the war.
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Robert Redford's Roles His roles ranged from Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward to a mountain man in Jeremiah Johnson to a double agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and his co-stars included Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Whether a genuine Catholic sympathizer or, from the outset, a double agent, he was tortured and returned to England.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer Another Pulitzer winner, this espionage thriller and political satire explores identity, loyalty, and the legacy of war through the confessions of a double agent.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adapted from the eponymous Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the series from A24 and Rhombus Media follows a North Vietnamese double agent (played by Hoa Xuande) who continues passing along information after moving to Southern California before the fall of Saigon.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Whether a genuine Catholic sympathizer or, from the outset, a double agent, he was tortured and returned to England.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer Another Pulitzer winner, this espionage thriller and political satire explores identity, loyalty, and the legacy of war through the confessions of a double agent.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adapted from the eponymous Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the series from A24 and Rhombus Media follows a North Vietnamese double agent (played by Hoa Xuande) who continues passing along information after moving to Southern California before the fall of Saigon.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Double agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20agent. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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