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Executive Action (1973)

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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

PG, 1 hr. 31 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: David Miller

In Theaters: Nov 7, 1973 Wide

On DVD: Oct 23, 2007

Cast

Burt Lancaster
Farrington
Robert Ryan
Foster
Will Geer
Ferguson
Gilbert Green
Paulitz
John Anderson
Halliday
Paul Carr
Gunman Chris
John Brascia
Riflemen Team B
Walter Brooke
Smythe
Richard Bull
Gunman-Team A
Colby Chester
Tim
Sidney Clute
Depository Clerk
Lee Delano
Gunmen Team A
Lloyd Gough
McCadden
Richard D. Hurst
Used Car Salesman
Robert Karnes
Man At Rifle Range
Ed Kemmer
Ed Lauter
Operation Chief Team A
Joaqu�n Mart�nez
Art Mendoza
Dick Miller
Rifleman-Team B
Tom Peters
Sergeant
Paul Sorenson
Officer Brown
Sandy Ward
Policeman
William Watson
Technician-Team B
Hunter von Leer
Rifleman-Team B
Deanna Darrin
Stripper
James MacColl
Oswald Imposter

Critic Reviews for Executive Action

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Corajoso para sua �poca, traz um roteiro incomodamente plaus�vel (e extremamente bem pesquisado) de Dalton Trumbo e uma montagem did�tica e tensa.

March 2, 2008 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Borderline interesting, conspiracy-based Kennedy assassination stuff.

December 24, 2005 Comment

Steve Crum

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This was really the first mass media piece to put out a conspiracy theory about the Kennedy Assassination. Unfortunetly it was banned and shunned almost right away. The film admits from the start that it blurs some facts and details with Dalton Trumbo's imaginative non-fiction. It's hard to believe that this came out

June 16, 2011

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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 storyline. But overall, for its time, a

March 20, 2008