Executive Action

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.

Cast

Burt Lancaster

as Farrington

Robert Ryan

as Foster

Will Geer

as Ferguson

Gilbert Green

as Paulitz

John Anderson

as Halliday

Paul Carr

as Gunman (Chris) - Team A

Colby Chester

as Tim

Ed Lauter

as Operations Chief - Team A

Walter Brooke

as Smythe

John Brascia

as Rifleman - Team B

Reviews

John Chard

Actors movie and a conspiracy theorists dream. Executive Action is directed by David Miller and written by Dalton Trumbo, Donald Freed and Mark Lane. It stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Gilbert Green and John Anderson. Music is by Randy Edelman and cinematography by Robert Steadman....

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