Thriller

Executive Action

- Assassination conspiracy? The possibility is frightening.

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

Release Date : 1973-11-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Wakeford / Orloff

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Farrington

Original Name : Burt Lancaster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foster

Original Name : Robert Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ferguson

Original Name : Will Geer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paulitz

Original Name : Gilbert Green

Gender : Male

Character Name : Halliday

Original Name : John Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunman (Chris) - Team A

Original Name : Paul Carr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim

Original Name : Colby Chester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Operations Chief - Team A

Original Name : Ed Lauter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smythe

Original Name : Walter Brooke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rifleman - Team B

Original Name : John Brascia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunman - Team A

Original Name : Richard Bull

Gender : Male

Character Name : Depository Clerk

Original Name : Sidney Clute

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stripper

Original Name : Deanna Darrin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunman - Team A

Original Name : Lee Delano

Gender : Male

Character Name : McCadden

Original Name : Lloyd Gough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rifleman - Team B

Original Name : Dick Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assassination - Team B

Original Name : Rutanya Alda

Gender : Female

Character Name : TV Commentator

Original Name : Graydon Gould

Gender : Male

Character Name : Used Car Salesman

Original Name : Rick Hurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man at Rifle Range

Original Name : Robert Karnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oswald Imposter

Original Name : James MacColl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Art Mendoza

Original Name : Joaquín Martínez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Ruby

Original Name : Oscar Oncidi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant

Original Name : Tom Peters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Brown

Original Name : Paul Sorensen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rifleman - Team B

Original Name : Hunter von Leer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Sandy Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Technician - Leader of Team B

Original Name : William Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : John F. Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Lyndon B. Johnson

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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. In essence it’s a film that is offering up a different theory to the Warren Commission’s report that ruled Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating John F. Kennedy. Plot has Lancaster and Ryan as shady conspirators who plot the downfall of JFK on that fateful day November 22nd 1963. There’s lots of talking, with the actors chewing into the dialogue whilst brooding considerably, their motives explained clearly, the framing of Oswald brought to life, and it rounds up to a triple gunmen scenario. We then get a startling revelation about what befell a number of eyewitnesses from that infamous day. It’s engrossing without being truly riveting, but the cast make it worth time spent. While if you like to buy into the conspiracy theory surrounding the assassination, then it carries some extra entertainment value. 7/10