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The Recruit
A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
2003 · Directed by Roger Donaldson · 115 min · Action · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
Trust. Betrayal. Deception. In the C.I.A. nothing is what it seems.
Crew
- Written by: Mitch Glazer, Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer
- Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
- Edited by: David Rosenbloom
- Music: Klaus Badelt
- Production design: Andrew McAlpine
- Produced by: Roger Birnbaum, Jeff Apple, Gary Barber
Cast
- Colin Farrell as James Clayton
- Al Pacino as Walter Burke
- Bridget Moynahan as Layla Moore
- Gabriel Macht as Zack
- Karl Pruner as Dennis Slayne
- Eugene Lipinski as Husky Man
- Mike Realba as Ronnie Gibson
- Domenico Fiore as Instructor #1
- Ron Lea as Dell Rep (Bill Rudolph)
- Jeanie Calleja as Co-Ed #1
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Persian, Russian
- Studios: Birnbaum/Barber Productions
- Budget: $46,000,000
- Box office: $101,200,000
- Themes: central intelligence agency (cia), washington dc, usa, spy, recruit, training, surveillance, extramarital affair, aggressive, intense
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