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** ''[[No Way Out]]'' was based on the 1948 film ''The Big Clock'', which was set in a media company rather than the CIA.

* ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask]]'':

{{quote| '''Aramis:''' The King has ordered me to seek out the secret general of the Jesuits and kill him.~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Aramis:''' The King has ordered me to seek out the secret general of the Jesuits and kill him.

'''Porthos:''' You should let the secret general worry about that.~~<br />~~

'''Porthos:''' You should let the secret general worry about that.

'''Aramis:''' Therein is the problem. I am he. }}

* In ''[[The Green Hornet (film)|The Green Hornet]]'', Chudnofsky hires the Green Hornet via e-mail to kill Britt Reid. Kato gets the e-mail, and shows up (as the Green Hornet's sidekick) to rescue Britt from the villains, causing them to put the pieces together:

{{quote| '''Chudnofsky:''' ''Britt Reid'' is the Green Hornet!~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Chudnofsky:''' ''Britt Reid'' is the Green Hornet!

'''Scanlon:''' Yeah, I know. You hired a guy to kill himself. }}

* In ''[[Infernal Affairs]]'' both central characters are in this situation. One is a policeman undercover in a criminal gang, while the other is a corrupt policeman secretly working for the boss of the same gang. Both end up being ordered by their apparent bosses to find the mole within their team.

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