Hollywood Double Agent

Hollywood Double Agent

By Jonathan Gill
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“Convincing and extensive…well-written and perceptive…Morros was an empty vessel who could be turned left or right depending on how it satisfied his personal interest.”

New York Journal of Books

A Parade Magazine Pick of Best Staycation Reads

A Connecticut Post Pick of Sit, Stay, and Read Books

A Crime Reads Pick of Best True Crime

The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the remarkable career of Boris Morros, film producer and Russian double agent.

Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and 1940s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J. Edgar Hoover would discover, these successes were a cover for one of the most incredible espionage tales in the history of the Cold War—Boris Morros also worked for Russian intelligence.

Morros’s assignments took him to the White House, the Vatican, and deep behind the Iron Curtain. The high-level intelligence he provided the KGB included military secrets and compromising information on prominent Americans: his friends. But in 1947, Morros flipped. At the height of the McCarthy era, he played a leading role in a deadly tale.

Jonathan Gill’s Hollywood Double Agent is an extraordinary story about Russian spies at the heart of American culture and politics, and one man caught in the middle of the Cold War.

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  1. Odin
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    Gotta love KGB spies getting caught

    If cold war intrigue, spy, and Hollywood stories grab your attention, then this audio book will serve you well. The true-crime history of Boris Morros, film producer and KGB double agent, who wove a path between the back lots of Paramount, to the White House and even the Vatican in order to carry out his Cold War actions. The story lays out the stepping stones of producing films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda and others that brought him exposure he probably wishes he had managed a bit better, given such antics caught the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and ultimately his unmasking.

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