Agency (known as Mind Games on video) is a 1981 Canadian thriller drama film directed by George Kaczender.Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007), p. 49. The film was written by Noel Hynd."Agency".
Based on a novel by Paul Gottlieb,Craddock, p. 49. it is a thriller involving creative director Philip Morgan (Lee Majors) who discovers the advertising agency he works for, run by Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum), is using subliminal advertising to manipulate a senatorial election. It features appearances by Canadian actors Saul Rubinek as a copywriter (earning a "Best Supporting Actor" Genie nomination), Jonathan Welsh as a police detective, and familiar supporting players Michael Kirby and Gary Reineke as hitmen, and Hugh Webster as a prison inmate.
The film was shot on locations in Montreal and rural Quebec.
Home media A low-resolution DVD transfer of the film was released in Australia by Flashback Entertainment (cat. 8206).
References
Sources Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, p. 49, "The Agency". Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. .