Access Code (1984)A secret organisation gains control over the American nuclear weapons. A journalist ventures out to stop them. Director:Mark SobelWriter:Stanley Richards (screenplay) |
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Access Code (1984)A secret organisation gains control over the American nuclear weapons. A journalist ventures out to stop them. Director:Mark SobelWriter:Stanley Richards (screenplay) |
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| Martin Landau | ... |
Agency Head
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Senator Dales
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Macdonald Carey | ... |
Senator Williams
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| Michael Durrell | ... |
Michael Barnes
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Marcia Walter | ... |
Julie Barnes
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Michael Napoli | ... |
Ben Marcus
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Martin Goslins | ... |
Tony Stevenson
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Bill Woods | ... |
William
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Gyl Roland | ... |
Kathy Barnes
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Robert Braddock | ... |
Leader
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Barry Stigler | ... |
Surveillance Man
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Barbara Stamm | ... |
Surveillance Woman
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Jerold Pearson | ... |
Surveillance Young Man
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Denise Russo | ... |
Snake Dancer
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Sebastian Fazzio | ... |
Bartender
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A government agency discovers that some of America's nuclear arsenal has been stolen by a private group planning to take over the world for themselves. Somehow, the agents must stop the group's plans for global domination, recover the stolen weapons, and prevent a nationwide panic by keeping everything secret. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
the great Martin Landau, of Ed Wood fame, in a hapless eighties turkey? Yes! This one is a weak "sci- fi" drama/ thriller about a mysterious organisation that actually runs the USA behind the government.
A solitary journalist tries to uncover the plot, but finds out that resistance is futile...
Some spectacularly weak directing and acting combined with a plot more or less directly stolen from Alan J. Pakula's Parallax View make this one the one to miss. Luckily it's actually a rather hard film to find.
One highpoint: for some mysterious reason the screenwriter has decided to use a VERY stereotypical African- American male as a comic relief in one sequence. Result is hilarious but quite what they had intended...