 The same book was partly used as an inspiration for the television series "Reilly, Ace of Spies", which also portrayed the adventures of Lockhart and Sidney Reilly during their years in Moscow around the time of the Russian Revolution.In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke (Leslie Howard), a minor British diplomat, watches rioting in the streets.The revolutionary Elena Moura (Kay Francis) shoots it out with a Cossack soldier.