The Impossible Spy is a 1987 English-language Biography Drama movie. Young Israeli husband Eli Cohen is recruited by the Mossad in the early 1960's and sent to Syria. Telling his wife he has a new job that requires extensive business travel, he takes up residence in Syria, where he befriends a high-ranking Syrian government official and provides invaluable information to Israel. On a visit home, his wife pleads with him to leave his job so he can be home , and his handler tells him he has accomplished enough, but he decides to return to Syria one last time. One day he learns of an attack on a kibbutz scheduled for that night; he abandons normal precautions in order to warn Israel as quickly as possible, and is caught. Written by Mark Hettler. The impossible spy features John Shea, Eli Wallach, Sasson Gabai, Michal Bat-adam, Rami Danon, Chaim Jeraffi and Hamdi El-asmar. It was released on 28th November 1987.