[tanknetter]

The difference is that in Telephon the Soviet Sleepers didn’t realize they were sleepers. They’d been brainwashed/programmed into believing that they were just ordinary Americans.

When the trigger code to activate them was used they basically became automations focused on completing their mission to the exclusion of all else.

[riverdawg]

Thanks for the explanation. I'll try to find it on U-verse or at the video store. (Yes, we have a couple of funky ones here that survive by carrying obscure, off-beat movies and old TV series.)