Product Details

• Actors: Roger Moore, Keith Melton, Aldrich Ames, Oleg Kalugin
• Directors: Eames Yeates
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Discovery Channel
• VHS Release Date: October 27, 1998
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305111286
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #319,630 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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With rare archival footage of ingenious historic espionage devices, Spy Tek exposes many of the tactics and devices used by the CIA, U.S. Army Intelligence, the OSS, the STASI, the KGB, Stalin's NKVD, and the SAS. Clips from James Bond films and Roger Moore's narration do not diminish this serious history of spies, double agents, and spy catchers. The first section, "The Real 007," includes the first video tour of the KGB museum and a detailed study of how spies and double agents such as Aldrich Ames were caught. "Spy vs. Spy" looks at intelligence cameras hidden in cigarette packs, umbrellas, neckties, and gloves, and at astounding listening devices that were used to collect information on citizens and governments. "The Deadly Game" focuses on lethal espionage equipment including silenced weapons with no muzzle flash, a botulism-laced cigar meant for Castro, and the umbrella-delivered ricin derivative that killed Georgi Markov. Former KGB general Oleg Kalugin and espionage historian H. Keith Melton and sources from international archives deliver facts that will intrigue James Bond fans, espionage buffs, armchair spies, and the curious at heart. --Tara Chace

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent documentary, July 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spy Tek [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is a must for those interested in spy movies. It shows you the REAL side of the spy industry, the not so glamorous side. From spy gadgets to secret orginizations to assasinations, it's all in there. A must for any video library.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars heres Roger!, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spy Tek [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Rogers screen prescence is good enough for all my family to enjoy, again and again. Buy now, CONSUME!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I watched the original myself, October 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spy Tek [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I stayed up good hours to watch the original!

GOOD SHOW THO