High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam

Name: High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam
Released: 2026-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Waleed F. Zuaiter, Lena Góra

TV Show · Thriller · War & Military

The story of John Nixon, the first CIA officer to interrogate Saddam Hussein following his capture in December 2003.

2026 · 44m

EPISODE 1

Baghdad Burns

America invades Iraq, and Saddam Hussein vanishes; CIA analyst John Nixon mobilizes a task force to find him; on the embattled streets of Baghdad, Captain Samir hunts door to door for High Value Target No. 1.
EPISODE 2

Into the Red Zone

Six months into the war, and still no sign of Saddam Hussein; John talks his way to Baghdad, with Samir assigned as his translator; John identifies a target with answers, leading him into the Red Zone.
EPISODE 3

Blood Ties

Inside Abu Ghraib, John presses Saddam Hussein's cousin for the dictator's whereabouts; unprepared, John gets drafted onto the chopper headed for Operation Red Dawn.