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DVD

Executive action

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Languages

In English, with optional English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, closed-captioned.

Performers

Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2011.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Summary

Powerful. Influential. Wealthy. They have ties to business, government and a vast network of intelligence operatives and now plan the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Could this conspiracy have happened? This provocative thriller uses actual news footage of tumultuous 1963 events, never deviating from fact or historical record. It depicts a daring plot to alter U.S. policy by killing the man responsible.

Notes

Title from disc surface.

Based on the novel by Mark Lane and Donald Freed.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.

Special features: featurette: November 22, 1963: in search of an answer ; Burt Lancaster movie trailer gallery.

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