Ricin secret police: Georgi Markov had defected from Bulgaria some years previously and had subsequently written books and made radio broadcasts that were highly critical of the Bulgarian communist regime. However, it was believed at the time that Bulgaria would not have been able to produce the pellet, and it was also believed that the KGB had supplied it. The KGB denied any involvement, although high-profile KGB defectors Oleg Kalugin and Oleg Gordievsky have since confirmed the KGB's involvement. Earlier, Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn also suffered (but survived) ricin-like symptoms after an encounter in 1971 with KGB agents. Ten days before
Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) but mature ... so moving and believable as to send any audience out talking and raving in appreciation." On December 5, 2006, Warner Home Video released the film, together with "Baby Face" and "Red-Headed Woman", as part of a DVD box set entitled "TCM Archives – Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1". Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) Waterloo Bridge is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Whale. The screenplay by Benn Levy and Tom Reed is based on the 1930 "Waterloo Bridge" by Robert E. Sherwood. The film was remade in 1940 as "Waterloo Bridge" and as "Gaby" in