The Defection of Simas Kudirka
- År: 1978
- Land: United States of America
- Genre: TV film, Drama
- Studio: Paramount Television, The Jozak Company
- Nøgleord: based on true story, defection
- Direktør: David Lowell Rich
- Cast: Alan Arkin, Richard Jordan, Donald Pleasence, George Dzundza, John McMartin, Shirley Knight