The Invisible Spy tells the story of America's first secret agent of WWII (Ernest Cuneo, an Italian-American former NFL player turned White House insider) who worked with Churchill's spies at Rockefeller Center, including his pal Ian Fleming (who even dedicated one of his James Bond novels to Cuneo). This biography is fundamentally about the origins of U.S. intelligence, the fight against Nazis, and the effort of Churchill's spies at Rockefeller Center to convince America to get into the war. It also touches on Russian "double agents" during the Cold War, the early days of the NFL, the Hollywood/Broadway worlds of Cuneo as private lawyer for media star Walter Winchell, and Cuneo's influence on Fleming's massively popular James Bond novels and movies. It also explores the strong sense of being an Italian-American in the mid-20th Century for both Cuneo, a feeling shared by his first boss, Fiorello LaGuardia.
Seating at 2:45 p.m. Ticket includes free acess to the Museum's current exhibit.
