The Enemy Within (1994) (TV)

Director:

Jonathan Darby

Writers (WGA):

Fletcher Knebel (novel) and
Charles W. Bailey II (novel) ...

Release Date:

20 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

You never know who your enemies really are...

Plot:

Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to...

Plot Keywords:

Political | Conspiracy | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Forest Whitaker	...	Colonel MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey
Jason Robards	...	General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Sam Waterston	...	President William Foster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rory J. Aylward	...	Honor Guard Sergeant
Greg Brickman	...	Tracker
David Q. Combs	...	Pentagon Security Officer
Dana Delany	...	Betsy Corcoran
Patricia Donaldson	...	President's Secretary
Denise Dowse	...	Dr. Jarvis
George Dzundza	...	Jake
Yolanda Gaskins	...	Female Reporter
Isabel Glasser	...	Sarah McCann
Jayne Hess	...	Reporter #2
Chuck Hicks	...	Bowman
Ray J	...	Todd Casey
Leonard Kelly-Young	...	Protective Service Guard
Archie Lang	...	Priest
Barry Lynch	...	Agricultur Secretary Spencer
Ryan MacDonald	...	Jack Giddings
Dakin Matthews	...	Vice President Walter Kelly
Willis Norwood Jr.	...	Todd (as Willie Norwood Jr.)
William O'Leary	...	Lt. William Dorsett
Anthony Peck	...	Treasury Secretary Tom Monroe
Lawrence Pressman	...	Atty. General Arthur Daniels
George Marshall Ruge	...	Fletcher
Steve Ruge	...	Reporter #1
Michael B. Silver	...	Lieutenant Lonner
Josef Sommer	...	Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Lisa Summerour	...	Jean Casey

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:PG

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Trivia:

In the novel and the earlier version of the film, Seven Days in May (1964), the character played here by Forest Whitaker was named Martin "Jiggs" Casey. The nickname, which in the context of an African-American actor was a racial epithet, was clearly inappropriate and was not used.

Movie Connections:

Version of Seven Days in May (1964)

Seven Days In May Light

I have seen the original Seven Days in May no fewer than 15 times. I know, I need to get a life. However, the original cast of Lancaster, Douglas, March, Gardner, Houseman, Duggan, etc. was pure magic. The tension was palpable,and the chemistry was awesome.

That being said, The Enemy Within was a light, or lite, version of the original. Could there be more of a mis-casting than putting poor old Jason Robards as the Joint Chiefs Chairman. He looked like he had oatmeal drooling on his bib. Don't get me wrong, he was a very fine actor, and perhaps he could have pulled it off when he was twenty or thirty years younger.

The rest of the cast with the exception of the sultry Dana Delaney was weak. The plot was John Kerryesque nuanced. The ending was farcical.

I enjoy the idea of remaking fine older movies. Perhaps George Clooney can pull it off, as he did with the remake of Failsafe. However, The Enemy Within comes across as a poor man version of a classic thriller.