Crimes of the Past, also known as The Spy and the Sparrow, is a 2009 thriller film starring David Rasche

David Rasche

-Early life and career:Rasche was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was a minister and farmer. Rasche started in theatre, but also has appeared on numerous movies and television series. He became a member of the Chicago Second City, after John Belushi moved on to Saturday Night Live...

 and Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

.

Plot

Retired CIA Agent Thomas Sparrow (David Rasche

David Rasche

-Early life and career:Rasche was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was a minister and farmer. Rasche started in theatre, but also has appeared on numerous movies and television series. He became a member of the Chicago Second City, after John Belushi moved on to Saturday Night Live...

) retires and returns home to Seattle to try to reconnect with his long-lost daughter (Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm is a German-born American television actress. She is known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn in the American TV series Law & Order, and as Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series Angel....

), but a former colleague (Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

) complicates things by coming back into Sparrow's life.

Cast

• David Rasche
  David Rasche
  -Early life and career:Rasche was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was a minister and farmer. Rasche started in theatre, but also has appeared on numerous movies and television series. He became a member of the Chicago Second City, after John Belushi moved on to Saturday Night Live...
  
   as Thomas Sparrow
• Elisabeth Röhm
  Elisabeth Röhm
  Elisabeth Röhm is a German-born American television actress. She is known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn in the American TV series Law & Order, and as Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series Angel....
  
   as Josephine Sparrow
• Eric Roberts
  Eric Roberts
  Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
  
   as Robert Byrne
• Chad Lindberg
  Chad Lindberg
  Chad Tyler Lindberg is an American actor. He is best known for his film role as Jesse in The Fast and the Furious and for a rape scene in the 2010 remake I Spit On Your Grave.-Life and career:...
  
   as Kidd Bangs
• John Aylward
  John Aylward
  John Aylward is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER. He also supplied his voice for Dr. Arne Magnusson in Half-Life 2: Episode...
  
   as Clay Covington
• Cynthia Geary
  Cynthia Geary
  Cynthia Geary is an American actress best known for her role as Shelly Tambo in the television series Northern Exposure. In her Emmy-nominated role, she played a former Miss Northwest Passage beauty queen living with a decades-older lover, Holling Vincoeur...
  
   as Agent Cotton

Production

Filming took place in Seattle, Washington from February 16 - March 14, 2007, and opened up to mixed to reviews. Stephen Farber of the Hollywood Reporter said "While it lacks major marquee names and doesn't quite hit a home run, it is an engrossing, superbly acted movie that will please audiences who manage to catch it.

External links

• Crimes of the Past review from The Hollywood Reporter