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The Internecine Project

- Who will be alive when the hands stop?

Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.

Release Date : 1974-07-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : MacLean and CompanyAllied Artists

Production Country : GermanyUnited KingdomSwedenUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Robert Elliot

Original Name : James Coburn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean Robertson

Original Name : Lee Grant

Gender : Female

Character Name : Albert Parsons

Original Name : Harry Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alex Hellman

Original Name : Ian Hendry

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Baker

Original Name : Michael Jayston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christina Larsson

Original Name : Christiane Krüger

Gender : Female

Character Name : E.J. Farnsworth

Original Name : Keenan Wynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Business tycoon

Original Name : Terence Alexander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arnold Pryce-Jones

Original Name : Julian Glover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eliot's Secretary

Original Name : Philip Anthony

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean's Secretary

Original Name : Mary Larkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laboratory Technician

Original Name : Ewan Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chester Drake

Original Name : David Swift

Gender : Male

Character Name : Art Dealer

Original Name : Rolf Wanka

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Producer

Original Name : Ray Callaghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy Friend

Original Name : Ralph Ball

Gender : Male

Character Name : Business Man

Original Name : Brian Tully

Gender : Male

Character Name : Business Man

Original Name : Michael Nightingale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Co-Pilot

Original Name : Richard Cornish

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laboratory Assistant

Original Name : Susan Majolier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Air Hostess

Original Name : Carrie Kirstein

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-15

James Coburn is quite effective in this action thriller. He is "Prof. Elliot", about to become a high ranking government advisor. Snag is, he has quite a past - and so must devise a cunning plan to ensure that all those privy to his dirty laundry are eliminated. The plot utilises quite a clever domino-style effect. Those doing the killing don't know who is instructing them, nor that they won't last much longer themselves, and the pace from director Ken Hughes is well managed eliciting a good effort from both Coburn and from the usually reliable Keenan Wynn ("Farnsworth"). What makes this work is the way the plot draws us in. It's not so much that people are dropping like flies - we neither know them nor care about them - it's more the sheer cleverness of his plan, and I was quietly hoping he would succeed... Unfortunately, the quality of dialogue - an early outing for Barry Levinson - doesn't really add much to the film. It's all just a little bit bland, and I could have been doing with more on screen time from Coburn. Still, it's an interesting and new take on a political thriller that I quite enjoyed for 90 minutes.