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'The Agency' or 'Agency' (known as 'Mind Games' on video) is a 1981 Canadian thriller drama film directed by George Kaczender.Craddock, Jim, editor. 'VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever' (Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007), p.49. The film was written by Noel Hynd.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081989/ "Agency"].
Based on a novel by Paul Gottlieb,Craddock, p.49. it is a thriller involving creative director Philip Morgan (Lee Majors) who discovers the advertising agency he works for, run by Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum), is using subliminal advertising to manipulate a senatorial election. It features appearances by Canadian actors Saul Rubinek as a copywriter (earning a "Best Supporting Actor" Genie nomination), Jonathan Welsh as a police detective, and familiar supporting players Michael Kirby and Gary Reineke as hitmen, and Hugh Webster as a prison inmate.
The film was shot on locations in Montreal and rural Quebec.
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* Craddock, Jim, editor. 'VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever', p. 49, "The Agency". Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. .
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081989/ 'Agency'] at IMDb
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