Executive Action

Name: Executive Action
Director: David Miller
Released: 1973-01-01

1973 film by David Miller

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Released: 1973
Director: David Miller
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Screenwriter: Dalton Trumbo
Producer: Edward Lewis
Cast: Burt Lancaster
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, Robert Ryan
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, Will Geer
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Runtime: 91 min
Genre: drama film
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, crime film
Country of origin: United States

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Executive Action is an American political thriller film. It is a fictionalized account of a conspiracy to assassinate United States President John F. Kennedy. Released in November 1973 on the tenth anniversary of the JFK assassination, the film stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Will Geer. It was directed by David Miller, produced by Edward Lewis, and written by Dalton Trumbo. The screenplay was adapted from the novel Executive Action by Donald Freed and Mark Lane, published earlier in 1973; the novel also includes special material by Stephen Jaffe. Freed and Lane received film credits for their story, and Jaffe was the film's technical adviser and uncredited supervising producer.

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Narrative location: Dallas
Main subject: assassination of John F. Kennedy
Title: Executive Action
Color: color
Director of photography: Robert Steadman
Film editor: George Grenville
Distribution format: video on demand
Australian Classification: PG(since 1973) rating certificate id: 000082306A6E · distribution format: 35 mm film

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