Executive Action (1973)
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40% of critics liked it
(5 reviews) -
60% of users liked it
(306 ratings)
If you think that Oliver Stone invented the "political paranoia" movie, take a glance at Executive Action sometime. Based on Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment, the conspiracy theorist's bible, Executive Action perpetuates the popular urban legend that John F. Kennedy was assassinated at… More If you think that Oliver Stone invented the "political paranoia" movie, take a glance at Executive Action sometime. Based on Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment, the conspiracy theorist's bible, Executive Action perpetuates the popular urban legend that John F. Kennedy was assassinated at the behest of a right-wing cartel with military and industrial interests. The film further hypothesizes that Lee Harvey Oswald not only didn't pull the trigger, but was also set up as a disposable dupe (this notion wasn't even new in 1973). Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Will Geer play the sinister conspirators. In the film's coda, still photos of 18 witnesses to the assassination are shown, while the accompanying text informs us that all of these people had died between 1963 and 1973. We are further told that the odds against this coincidence are one in a trillion. When Oliver Stone's thematically similar JFK came out in 1991, viewers with long memories were quick to notice the eerie similarities between the Stone film and Executive Action -- right down to choice of camera angles. Hmmm....a conspiracy, perhaps? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Miller
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Nov 7, 1973 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Corajoso para sua época, traz um roteiro incomodamente plausível (e extremamente bem pesquisado) de Dalton Trumbo e uma montagem didática e tensa.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Borderline interesting, conspiracy-based Kennedy assassination stuff.
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Cast
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Burt Lancaster
as Farrington
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Robert Ryan
as Foster
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Will Geer
as Ferguson
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Gilbert Green
as Paulitz
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John Anderson
as Halliday
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Paul Carr
as Gunman Chris
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John Brascia
as Riflemen Team B
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Walter Brooke
as Smythe
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Richard Bull
as Gunman-Team A
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Colby Chester
as Tim
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Sidney Clute
as Depository Clerk
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Lee Delano
as Gunmen Team A
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Lloyd Gough
as McCadden
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Richard D. Hurst
as Used Car Salesman
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Robert Karnes
as Man At Rifle Range
- Ed Kemmer
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Ed Lauter
as Operation Chief Team A
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Joaquín Martínez
as Art Mendoza
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Dick Miller
as Rifleman-Team B
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Tom Peters
as Sergeant
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Paul Sorenson
as Officer Brown
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Sandy Ward
as Policeman
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William Watson
as Technician-Team B
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Hunter von Leer
as Rifleman-Team B
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Deanna Darrin
as Stripper
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James MacColl
as Oswald Imposter
