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) 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 1956. Both remakes were made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which bought the 1931 version from Universal. Today, the rights to all three films are held by Warner Bros. and their subsidiary Turner Entertainment. Unable to find work in London at the height of World War I, American chorus girl Myra Deauville resorts to