A satire of American news reporting, covert agencies, and political system. The theft of two suitcase sized nuclear weapons, and their sale to a terrorist group, leads television newsman ...
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sean Connery | ... | Patrick Hale | |
| George Grizzard | ... | President Lockwood | |
| Robert Conrad | ... | Gen. Wombat | |
| Katharine Ross | ... | Sally Blake | |
| G.D. Spradlin | ... | Philindros | |
| John Saxon | ... | Homer Hubbard | |
| Henry Silva | ... | Rafeeq | |
| Leslie Nielsen | ... | Mallory | |
| Robert Webber | ... | Harvey | |
| Rosalind Cash | ... | Mrs. Ford | |
| Hardy Krüger | ... | Helmut Unger (as Hardy Kruger) | |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | Hacker | |
| Ron Moody | ... | King Awad | |
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Cherie Michan | ... | Erika |
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Tony March | ... | Abu |
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A satire of American news reporting, covert agencies, and political system. The theft of two suitcase sized nuclear weapons, and their sale to a terrorist group, leads television newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track them down, and uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of U.S. Government agencies. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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A very funny look at the world. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
14 May 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Man with the Deadly Lens See more »Edit
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Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,412,646, 16 May 1982, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$3,379,569Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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This movie's retitling from "Wrong Is Right" to "The Man With The Deadly Lens", in English speaking territories, was to connect this movie with the James Bond franchise. The new title connected most obviously with The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). Although, Sir Sean Connery did not star as James Bond in that movie, Sir Roger Moore did. See more »Goofs
(at around 1 min) The design of the suitcase bombs is shown to President Lockwood. The bombs are said to contain plutonium, but the design shown fits the uranium bomb (the cannon design), not plutonium bomb (the fission sphere design) - a very distinctive difference President's aides should know. See more »Crazy Credits
Filmed in New York, Washington, D.C., Texas, New Mexico, France, Italy and Hagreb. [Hagreb is a fictional country featured in the movie, and France and Italy appear only in archive footage.] See more »Alternate Versions
The UK video release versions entitled "The Man with the Deadly Lens" were cut first by 2 seconds, then re-released cut by 7 seconds to reduce footage of a bomb being made from a light bulb. However, the DVD released in 2004 entitled "Wrong is Right" is uncut. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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