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Writer:
Robert E. Thompson (writer)
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Release Date:
30 September 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ben Gazzara ... Anson 'Kip' Roberts
Lorne Greene ... Matthew Arnold Watson

Frances Lee McCain ... Jan Holder
Lawrence Pressman ... Paul Ewbank
Charles Robinson ... Melvin Johnson

George Wyner ... Ed Blandings
Mo Malone ... Marina Oswald
John Pleshette ... Lee Harvey Oswald
Annabelle Weenick ... Oswald's Mother
William Jordan ... James Kleist

Charles Cyphers ... Michael Brandon
Marisa Pavan ... Evita Alesio
Jack Collins ... Judge Claymore
Ed Abry
Jeff Alexander
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Additional Details

Runtime:
210 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12

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Version of The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964) more

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1 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
'Party-line' tale of what might have happened if..., 6 November 1998
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Author: bux from Tecumseh ok

This picture has only one thing going for it: Pleshette. The portrayal of Oswald here is the only item worthy of mention. Made for TV, on the threshold of the publishing of the House Select Committee on Assassination's Report, this is yet another apology for the Warren Commission. As with Gerald Posner's book "Case Closed" there was by necessity a myriad of omissions and errors committed to make this story believable. The subject is better covered in Walt Brown's novel "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald." As a piece of fiction, this movie moves at a good pace and the acting is fine, as fact, it is only for those that have a yearning to buy the Brooklyn Bridge, or occasionally peer out the window searching for flying pigs.

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