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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Country:
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14 May 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Man with the Deadly Lens See more »Edit
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$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,412,646, 16 May 1982, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$3,379,569Company Credits
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Patrick Hale: Everything?
President Lockwood: Except for some things.
Patrick Hale: What things?
President Lockwood: Things I can't talk about.
Patrick Hale: Why?
President Lockwood: Executive privilege.
Patrick Hale: To withhold information?
President Lockwood: Even from Congress, from the courts.
Patrick Hale: Mr. President, according to the law, we're supposed to be equal.
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Publicity for this picture in its production notes declared that the result of such careful research for the picture was evident in the film, and that "behind the scenes intrigue in the movie" had already "found their parallels in real-life" maintaining that "front page news" had "paraphrased Brooks' script". See more »Goofs
The lighting changes between the live and the obvious studio shots of Hale parachuting from the plane in the opening sequence. For example, there are 3 light sources in the studio shot reflected on his helmet (including one from in front of him as he looks out from the plane), rather than just the sunlight from above. See more »Quotes
President Lockwood: ...and that's it, all of it.Patrick Hale: Everything?
President Lockwood: Except for some things.
Patrick Hale: What things?
President Lockwood: Things I can't talk about.
Patrick Hale: Why?
President Lockwood: Executive privilege.
Patrick Hale: To withhold information?
President Lockwood: Even from Congress, from the courts.
Patrick Hale: Mr. President, according to the law, we're supposed to be equal.
[...]
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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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Just a few hours ago I caught this film on a cable TV channel and hurried to the IMDB to find out the year of release -- 1982. The concept of presidential "plausible deniability" was before the Iran Contra hearings. What came even more to mind as I watched Sean Connery, a favorite actor of mine since the mid-1960s, was the Gulf War of the early 1990s and what is happening in the Balkans right now.