How the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr. Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super-gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U.S. cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies.
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Title: Doomsday Gun (TV Movie 1994)
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| Frank Langella | ... | Gerald Bull | |
| Alan Arkin | ... | Yossi | |
| Kevin Spacey | ... | Price | |
| Michael Kitchen | ... | Chris Cowley | |
| Francesca Annis | ... | Sophie | |
| Aharon Ipalé | ... | Maurouf | |
| Zia Mohyeddin | ... | Hashim | |
| Tony Goldwyn | ... | Duvall | |
| James Fox | ... | Whittington | |
| Rupert Graves | ... | Jones | |
| Clive Owen | ... | Dov | |
| Murray Melvin | ... | Shop Manager | |
| Marianne Denicourt | ... | Monique | |
| Alexandra Vandernoot | ... | Marie | |
| Roger Hammond | ... | Mackler | |
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Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns. (Very large long range guns capable of shooting more than 100 Miles.) When a plan by the CIA to export restricted material using him was exposed, the CIA denied all knowledge and he went to jail. He was later released to help Saddam Hussein build a new supergun capable of firing over 500 miles. Israel, upon learning of the supergun, fears it would be used against themselves. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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23 July 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Frank Langella
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Both Frank Langella and Kevin Spacey had played Richard Nixon on film. Langella played Nixon in Frost/Nixon (2008) while Spacey played him in Elvis & Nixon (2016). See more »Goofs
Near the end of the film, when Monique hands Gerry his loaf of bread, the reflection of two crew members can be seen in the car window. See more »Quotes
Dr. Gerald Bull: We're working for Iraq, gentlemen, not Switzerland. These people won't listen to excuses!See more »
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They All Laughed(uncredited)
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Frank Langella
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Another excellent made-for-TV movie. This is as good a spy thriller as I have seen in a long time. The icing on the cake is, it also happens to be true!
This movie is short on action, short on special effects, explosions, car chases and the likes; this is a movie with a great script (true life is the best writer I have ever known), it is intelligently made, well directed and acted. All of the protagonists are excellent, but special mention is due to Alan Arkin in my opinion, whose portrayal of a cynical spy is Oscar worthy. James Fox has a cameo as the Head of MI6, he is also perfect in his role and seems to be amusing himself greatly while playing it.
It would be very interesting to learn the whole truth about this story one day...