As American as apple pie.
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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Grave, cool, bleak and earnest.
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- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- JPV852on TMDB · Feb 20217/10
Slow paced but decent political thriller. Not as good as something like The Manchurian Candidate (both versions) or Three Days of the Condor, but engaging enough with a fine performance by Warren Beatty. **3.5/5**
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Cast
- Warren BeattyJoseph Frady
- Paula PrentissLee Carter
- William DanielsAustin Tucker
- Walter McGinnJack Younger
- Hume CronynBill Rintels
- Kelly ThordsenSheriff L.D. Wicker
- Chuck WatersThomas Richard Linder
- Earl HindmanDeputy Red
- William JoyceSenator Charles Carroll
- Betty MurrayMrs. Charles Carroll
Crew
- Alan J. PakulaDirector
- David GilerScreenplay
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.Screenplay
- Loren SingerNovel
- Gordon WillisDirector of Photography
- Michael SmallOriginal Music Composer
- John W. WheelerEditor
- Alan J. PakulaProducer
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