Movie
Executive Action
Overview
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-11-07
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Wakeford / Orloff
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Farrington
- Robert Ryan as Foster
- Will Geer as Ferguson
- Gilbert Green as Paulitz
- John Anderson as Halliday
- Paul Carr as Gunman (Chris) - Team A
- Colby Chester as Tim
- Ed Lauter as Operations Chief - Team A
- Walter Brooke as Smythe
- John Brascia as Rifleman - Team B
- Richard Bull as Gunman - Team A
- Sidney Clute as Depository Clerk
Crew
- David Miller - Director
- Dalton Trumbo - Screenplay
- Donald Freed - Story
- Mark Lane - Story
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