Burt Lancaster, Colby Chester, Ed Lauter

Based on the novel Rush to Judgment, this chilling drama purports that JFK's assassination was a conspiracy concocted by military and industrial leaders. Burt Lancaster, Will Geer and Robert Ry...( read more  read more... )an star as the three right-wing architects of the scheme. Viewing Kennedy's policies as a threat to their financial and political interests, the powerful trio hatches a plan that gains insidious momentum, culminating in the tragic events of Nov. 22, 1963.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: David Miller

Release Date: November 7, 1973

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DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007

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  • December 2, 2008
    A more unknown JFK-conspiracy movie. Intresting it fictionalizes how it could have happened.
  • March 20, 2008
    A very cool "mission" film treating the JFK assassination 100% as conspiracy, sort of saying, "if this was a conspiracy, this is how it would happen." The execution is dry, unfortunately, due to the director lacking a sense of intensity in what's really a gripping and exciting st...( read more)oryline. But overall, for its time, a good conspiracy thriller, and a VERY interesting piece of cinematic history about a part of real history.

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