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11 May 1979 (USA)
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They are the power. Protected by violence and ruled by corruption. [Video] more
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19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman...
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A Unique Paranoia Black Comedy!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jeff Bridges | ... | Nick Kegan |
 | John Huston | ... | Pa Kegan |
 | Anthony Perkins | ... | John Cerruti |
 | Eli Wallach | ... | Joe Diamond |
 | Sterling Hayden | ... | Z.K. Dawson |
| Dorothy Malone | ... | Emma Kegan |
| Tomas Milian | ... | Frank Mayo |
| Belinda Bauer | ... | Yvette Malone |
| Ralph Meeker | ... | Gameboy Baker |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Keith |
 | Richard Boone | ... | Keifitz |
 | David Spielberg | ... | Miles Garner |
| Brad Dexter | ... | Captain Heller One |
| Michael Thoma | ... | Ray Doty |
| Ed Madsen | ... | Captain Heller Two |
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97 min | Netherlands:96 min
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Australia:M |
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Finland:K-16 |
UK:18 (video rating) (1986) |
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Z.K. Dawson:
You think before you speak, young man! Jesus, they didn't teach you kids nothin' since 1944.
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Featured in Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? (2003) (V)
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'Winter Kill's from the novel by The Manchurian Candidate/ Prizzi's Honor Author Robert Condon, Jeff Bridge's play the brother of an assassinated President (This film has star tingly real comparisons of the Kennedy dynasty,) Bridge's seemingly lives in a sheltered existence but is brought out in the open when a dying man claiming to be the rifleman responsible for his brother's murder reveal's in the throes of death where the rifle is, Bridges is sent on a genuinely weird wild goose chase to find out who was responsible for his brother's death, but his perilous search lead's him to not one but many red herring's and in to the path of danger, by the mafia, The legendary John Huston, play's Pa Keegan the gruff patriarch of the Keegan family and also uncouth millionaire, it's one of those roles which Houston alway's makes endlessly memorable, 'Winter Kill's' Also features cameo's by many actor's/Actress's from the golden age, particularly, Anthony Perkin's Toshiro Mifune, Eli Wallach, Dorothy Perkin's 'Winter Kill's Thrill's