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1 November 1978 (UK) moreTagline:
Their objective... to steal a nation! Their plan... to strike without warning! Their agreement... to share the spoils! Their only obstacle... each other!Plot:
A group of military officers, angered and frustrated by the corruption and repression of the current government... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Catch it if you can - this is an undervalued movie moreCast
(Credited cast) | Eugene Amodeo | ... | Photographer |
| Harvey Atkin | ... | Anwar |
| Dick Cavett | ... | Himself |
| Jon Granik | ... | Colonel Raymond Kasai |
| David Hemmings | ... | Colonel Anthony Narriman |
| Barry Morse | ... | Dr. Jean Rousseau |
 | Peter O'Toole | ... | Colonel Zeller |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Blair |
| Gary Reineke | ... | Aramco |
| Eli Rill | ... | Dominique |
| Alan Rosenthal | ... | Plane Pilot |
| Marcella Saint-Amant | ... | Mrs. Rousseau |
| August Schellenberg | ... | Minh |
 | Chuck Shamata | ... | Hillsman |
 | George Touliatos | ... | Barrientos |
 | Alberta Watson | ... | Donna |
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Coup D'État (Canada: English title) (working title)Le jeu de la puissance (Canada: French title) (dubbed version)
Operation Overthrow
State of Shock
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Just to correct an error in the details; this same error is repeated in most movie books/websites.
"Power Play" is not based on a novel, but on an academic book: "Coup d'Etat- A Practical Handbook" by the distinguished academic Edward Luttwak; London- Allen Lane The Penguin Press 1968
This book is an entertaining critique of the coup - chiefly in Latin Amerioa and Africa - its practical aspects and the economics of repression and revolution.
This possibly explains why the movie fails to a certain extent as a gripping drama. However the individual performances are excellent.
Nevertheless, it is worth watching.
And after more than 20 years the book rewards a re reading. Incidentally; I last read the book during the coup against Gorbachev in 1991; and applying Edward Luttwak's principles - I judged - rightly as it turned out- that the coup would fail because the promoters of the coup had not secured or neutralised all their objectives. They should have read the book or watched the movie!