Assassination conspiracy? The possibility is frightening.
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jan 20146.5/10
Actors movie and a conspiracy theorists dream. Executive Action is directed by David Miller and written by Dalton Trumbo, Donald Freed and Mark Lane. It stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Gilbert Green and John Anderson. Music is by Randy Edelman and cinematography by Robert Steadman. In essence it’s a film that is offering up a different theory to the Warren Commission’s report that ruled Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating John F. Kennedy. Plot has Lancaster and Ryan as shady conspirators who plot the downfall of JFK on that fateful day November 22nd 1963. There’s lots of talking, with the actors chewing into the dialogue whilst brooding considerably, their motives explained clearly, the framing of Oswald brought to life, and it rounds up to a triple gunmen scenario. We then get a startling revelation about what befell a number of eyewitnesses from that infamous day. It’s engrossing without being truly riveting, but the cast make it worth time spent. While if you like to buy into the conspiracy theory surrounding the assassination, then it carries some extra entertainment value. 7/10
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Cast
- Burt LancasterFarrington
- Robert RyanFoster
- Will GeerFerguson
- Gilbert GreenPaulitz
- John AndersonHalliday
- Paul CarrGunman (Chris) - Team A
- Colby ChesterTim
- Ed LauterOperations Chief - Team A
- Walter BrookeSmythe
- John BrasciaRifleman - Team B
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- David MillerDirector
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Robert SteadmanDirector of Photography
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
- George GrenvilleEditor
- Edward LewisProducer
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