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The first in a season of feature films portraying the darker side of American power politics. Starring Burt Lancaster , Robert Ryan
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November, 1963. Speculation still continues on whether there was a conspiracy. Tonight's film combines history and imagination to show how the most devastating crime in American history might have been committed.
Screenplay by DALTON TRUMBO Based on a story by DONALD FREED , MARK LANE
Produced by Edward lewis
Directed by DAVID MILLER f

Contributors

Unknown:
Burt Lancaster
Unknown:
Robert Ryan
Unknown:
John F. Kennedy
Unknown:
Dalton Trumbo
Story By:
Donald Freed
Story By:
Mark Lane
Produced By:
Edward Lewis
Directed By:
David Miller
Farrington:
Burt Lancaster
Foster:
Robert Ryan
Ferguson:
Will Geer
PaulitZ:
Gilbert Green
Halliday:
John Anderson
Chris:
Paul Carr
Tim:
Colby Chester
Operations chief - Team A:
Ed Lauter
Gunmen - Team A:
Richard Bull
Gunmen - Team A:
Lee Delano
Smythe:
Walter Brooke
Depository clerk:
Sidney Clute
Stripper:
Deanna Darrin
McCadden:
Lloyd Gough
Used-car salesman:
Richard Hurst
Lee Harvey Oswald/Oswald impostor:
James MacColl
Art Mendoza:
Joaquin Martinez
Jack Ruby:
Oscar Oncidi /,
Source: Radio Times

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