Agency (1981)
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Agency tackles the question of the efficiency of media manipulation. An unscrupulous advertising agency, in league with equally untrustworthy political campaign manager Robert Mitchum, plants subliminal messages in its TV commercials. Just as Vance Packard warned in the 1950s expose The Hidden… More Agency tackles the question of the efficiency of media manipulation. An unscrupulous advertising agency, in league with equally untrustworthy political campaign manager Robert Mitchum, plants subliminal messages in its TV commercials. Just as Vance Packard warned in the 1950s expose The Hidden Persuaders, these hidden messages persuade the viewers to vote for Mitchum's candidate. Given the potency of the the film's premise, it's disappointing to watch director George Gaczender handle the material (based on a novel by Paul Gottleib) is so cut-and-dried a fashion. But Mitchum is good, as are his costars Valerie Perrine, Lee Majors, Saul Rubinek and Alexandra Stewart. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Kaczender
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Special Interest
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- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2004 Wide
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Cast
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Robert Mitchum
as Ted Quinn
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Lee Majors
as Philip Morgan
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Valerie Perrine
as Brenda Wilcox
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Saul Rubinek
as Sam Goldstein
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Alexandra Stewart
as Mimi Oliveri
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Hayward Morse
as Tony Flynn
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Antony Parr
as Charlie
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Michael Kirby
as Peters
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Gary Reineke
as Jones
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George Touliatos
as Sgt. Eckersley
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John Welsh
as Det. Ross
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Hugh Webster
as Inmate
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Franz Russell
as George Miller
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Eric Donkin
as Henry
- Arthur Grosser
- Walter Massey
- Patti Oatman
- George Kaczender
- Henry Gamer
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Malcolm Nelthorpe
as Cy
- Pierre Sevigny
- Michael Short
- Denise Vanderberg
- Sally Singal
- Marilyn Gardner
