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Director:
Richard Brooks
Writers:
Charles McCarry (novel)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 April 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Thriller more
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. more
Plot:
A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. The theft of two suitcase sized nuclear weapons... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Prophetic,biting,black comedy more (18 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Man with the Deadly Lens
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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

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. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Lawrence of Arabia (1962) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Prophetic,biting,black comedy, 4 April 2003
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Author: Joseph Harder (jah5y@virginia.edu) from warren michigan

I wish this movie was more readily available..it IS prophetic.I saw it nearly twenty years ago and have never forgotten it.Connery puts in one of his best performances as the cynical, jaded, journalist.I would urge all students of US foreign policy to rent-and analyze-this film

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