"As American as apple pie."

1974

1h 42m

6.8(337 votes)

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Overview

An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

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Cast & Crew

53 members

Acting

Warren Beatty

Joseph Frady

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Paula Prentiss

Lee Carter

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William Daniels

Austin Tucker

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Walter McGinn

Jack Younger

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Hume Cronyn

Bill Rintels

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Kelly Thordsen

Sheriff L.D. Wicker

Crew

Chuck Waters

Thomas Richard Linder

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Earl Hindman

Deputy Red

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William Joyce

Senator Charles Carroll

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Betty Murray

Mrs. Charles Carroll

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Bill McKinney

Parallax Assassin

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Jo Ann Harris

Chrissy - Frady's Girl

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Ted Gehring

Schecter - Hotel Clerk

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Lee Pulford

Shirley - Salmontail Bar Girl

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Doria Cook-Nelson

Gale - Blond Salmontail Bar Girl

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Jim Davis

George Hammond

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Joan Lemmo

Organist

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Kenneth Mars

Former FBI Agent Will

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William Jordan

Tucker's Aide

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Edward Winter

Senator Jameson

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Stacy Keach, Sr.

Commission Spokesman #1

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Ford Rainey

Commission Spokesman #2

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Alma Beltran

Joy Holder

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Richard Bull

Parallax Goon

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Suzanne Cohane

Stewardess

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Ronda Copland

Girl

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Joe Di Reda

Ralph Scoletta

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Patsy Garrett

Woman

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Penelope Gillette

Woman

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Robert P. Lieb

Senator Gillingham

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William Swan

Herbert Moon

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John S. Ragin

Buster Himan

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Vernon Weddle

Harry Lutz

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Anthony Zerbe

Prof. Nelson Schwartzkopf (uncredited)

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Shirley Anthony

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

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Directing

Craig R. Baxley

C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)

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Jack Berle

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

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Garrett Cassell

Dopey (uncredited)

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Eddie Garrett

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

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Dorothy Hack

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

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George Hickman

Committee Member (uncredited)

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George Hoagland

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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Kathryn Janssen

Woman in Building (uncredited)

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Steve Kelley

Class President (uncredited)

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John Marlin

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

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Production

Michael David McGuire

Assassination Witness (uncredited)

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Bill Scully

Committee Member (uncredited)

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George Tracy

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Crew

Glenn R. Wilder

Parallax Agent (uncredited)

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Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Lee Harvey Oswald

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Pope John XXIII

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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