In 1970s and 1980s thriller novels by Robert Ludlum enjoyed great success due to winning combination of pulp, some real life political issues and complex decades-long conspiracies as crucial element of the content. The byzantine plots, on the other hand, proved difficult for adaptation into feature films. One such example is *The Holcroft Covenant*, 1985 film directed by John Frankenheimer. The plot, based on the ep…







