The Domino Principle

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.

Cast

Gene Hackman

as Tucker

Candice Bergen

as Ellie

Richard Widmark

as Tagge

Mickey Rooney

as Spiventa

Edward Albert

as Pine

Eli Wallach

as Gen. Reser

Ken Swofford

as Warden Ditcher

Neva Patterson

as Gaddis

Jay Novello

as Capt. Ruiz

Joseph V. Perry

as Bowkamp

Reviews

Charles Tatum

Gene Hackman infamously took the lead role in this leaden political thriller for the paycheck, turning down such unseen arthouse fare as "Jaws," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "Apocalypse Now." Hackman is Tucker, a Vietnam veteran serving time in San Quentin with his cellmate and buddy Sp...

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