Movie review for the day: BoS

Rico and the fiancée went to see Bridge of Spies, the story of the Abel-Powers swap:

After Rudolf Abel, a Russian spy (played by Mark Rylance), is caught, the US wants to make sure he gets a fair trial, so they need someone to defend him. The man who gets the dubious honor is Jim Donovan (played by Tom Hanks), who tries to give him a good defense, but the government is intent on making sure he gets convicted. When Abel is found guilty, Donovan pleads for Abel to not be executed because they might need him as a bargaining chip if an American is captured by the Russians. When U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (played by Austin Stowell) is shot down and captured, someone from East Germany sends Donovan a letter claiming to be able to broker an exchange: Powers for Abel. When the CIA learns of this, they want Donovan to go there and broker the deal. He agrees. But, when he arrives, he is informed that an American student from Yale (played by Frederick Pryor) is being held by the Germans and he could be the one that's being offered for Abel. But the CIA tells Donovan that Powers is the priority. Donovan tries to get both men, and ultimately succeeds.

Rico says it stars Tom Hanks (excellent as always), Alan Alda, and Peter McRobbie as legendary CIA spymaster Allen Dulles, who makes it clear to Donovan that, while the agency does support his mission, he will be on his own. It's a great retelling of the story, though, in reality, Dulles had been ousted by then-President John F. Kennedy as CIA director by the time of the Donovan mission.