Rollover (1981)
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33% of users liked it
(359 ratings)
Alan J. Pakula directs the political thriller Rollover, produced by leading lady Jane Fonda's production company, IPC Films. Featuring a racist plot and negative stereotypes about the Arab world, this film reflected the American fear of the Middle East prevalent in the early '80s. Fonda… More Alan J. Pakula directs the political thriller Rollover, produced by leading lady Jane Fonda's production company, IPC Films. Featuring a racist plot and negative stereotypes about the Arab world, this film reflected the American fear of the Middle East prevalent in the early '80s. Fonda stars as former film star Lee Winters, who inherits a multimillion-dollar company when her corporate bigwig husband is murdered. She teams up with banker Hubbell Smith (Kris Kristofferson) in order to find her husband's killer and survive in the world of high-stakes international finance. They become lovers and travel together to Saudi Arabia to secure a loan and to guarantee Lee's spot as the company's board chairman. However, they end up discovering an Arab company's plan to withdraw money from the world's banks in order to destabilize the Western economy. Rollover also stars Hume Cronyn and Josef Sommer. This story also foreshadowed Jane Fonda's marriage to corporate bigwig Ted Turner in 1991. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alan J. Pakula
- Written By
- Howard Kohn, David Shaber, David Weir
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 11, 1981 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Diverting doomsday financial-political thriller.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
A talented cast, headed by Jane Fonda, is wasted in Alan Pakula's mediocre political thriller
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Pakula's subtle satire was lost on critics
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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
A talented filmmaker made a thriller that was absolutely no better than it had to be, and indeed it is quite thrilling, when it is not forcing us to watch its cardboard characters.
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Cast
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Jane Fonda
as Lee Winters
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Kris Kristofferson
as Hub Smith
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Hume Cronyn
as Maxwell Emery
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Josef Sommer
as Roy Lefcourt
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Bob Gunton
as Sal Naftari
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Macon McCalman
as Mr. Fewster
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Jodi Long
as Betsy Okamoto
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Crocker Nevin
as Warner Ackerman
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Marvin Chatinover
as Mr. Lipscomb
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Ira Wheeler
as Mr. Whitelaw
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Paul Hecht
as Khalid
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Norman Snow
as Hishan
- Rebecca Brooke
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E. Brian Dean
as Nightwatchman
- Ira Lewis
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Martha Plimpton
as Fewster's Older Daughter
- Michael Prince
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Joel Stedman
as Asst. Vice-President
- Deborah Watkins
- Billy Anagnos
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Ronald C. Frazier
as Gil Hovey
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Lansdale Chatfield
as Mrs. Emery
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Stanley Simmonds
as Sam Nightwatchman
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Sally Sockwell
as Mrs. Fewster
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Howard Erskine
as Dodds
- Ernie Garrett
- Jerry Hewitt
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Charlie Laiken
as Faculty Member
- Lawrence Sellars
- Ron Frazier
