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Reilly Ace of Spies
Dreadnought and Crosses
Season 1
Episode 5
1910: Now working with a German shipping agency and having broken ties with the British secret service, Reilly is in St. Petersburg for "the arms sale of the century," a contract to rebuild the Russian fleet.
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51:35
Reilly is interrogated and tortured by the Bolsheviks under Stalin's orders.
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50:24
Reilly marries Pepita and seeks revenge for the death of his best friend, Boris Savinkov.
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51:15
Now in New York, Reilly is working with the FBI to thwart Bolshevik agents in America.
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51:37
Reilly returns to London, where he is met with acclaim – and an official inquiry.
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51:21
Sidney Reilly's plan to seize power from the Bolsheviks goes wrong.
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51:54
Reilly heads to Moscow to persuade the Bolsheviks to end their peace treaty with Germany.
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51:59
Reilly angles to win the weapons contract with a complicated plan.
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52:11
Sidney Reilly finds himself in competition with the Rothschilds.
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50:27
Reilly undertakes a mission that forces him to make some hard decisions.
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50:11
Sidney Reilly passes information that sets off the Russo-Japanese War.
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1:19:19
Sigmund Rosenblum escapes from Russian custody and heads for London.