Wrong Is Right (1982)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Charles McCarry (novel)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 April 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Only Patrick Hale can prevent a desperate president, the head of the CIA, a trigger happy general, terrorists, an arms dealer, and religious fanatics from destroying our world, But he has other things on his mind.

Plot:

A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. The theft of two suitcase sized nuclear weapons...

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist Group | Nuclear Weapon | Terrorist | Satire | Refinery

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sean Connery	...	Patrick Hale
George Grizzard	...	President John Lockwood
Robert Conrad	...	Lt. Gen. Wombat
Katharine Ross	...	Sally Blake
John Saxon	...	Homer Hubbard
Henry Silva	...	Rafeeq
Hardy Krüger	...	Helmut Unger (as Hardy Kruger)
Toby Hughes	...	TV Cameraman
G.D. Spradlin	...	CIA Director Philindros
Leslie Nielsen	...	Mallory
Paul Lambert	...	Defense Secretary
Robert Webber	...	Harvey
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Young Girl on Reality Program
Dean Stockwell	...	Chief of Staff Hacker
Rosalind Cash	...	Vice President Ford

Also Known As:

The Man with the Deadly Lens

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 (2004) (uncut) | UK:15 (1986) (cut) | UK:AA (1982) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:16 (unconfirmed) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

During the film's final scene, Sean Connery tosses off the obvious toupee he had been wearing throughout the film before he parachutes out of a plane.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Why can't I find this film!

I first saw this film during it's initial run and fell in love with it immediately. I was falling out of my seat laughing. The writing was sharp, the pace brisk and the story dead-on. Sean Connery was great, but this is probably the best role and performance of Robert Conrad's life. And I was knocked about by G.D.Spradlin's quick reference to his scene in my all time favorite movie. I have since been frustrated by how difficult it is to find the film. I have yet to find it in a video store and it shows up very rarely on TV. If the chance comes up, do not let this film get passed you. It is hilarious in that I-don't-care-what-anyone-thinks way that has become lost in today's film comedies.