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The unpopular President Jordon Lyman (Frederic March) manages to get a nucleur disarmament treaty through the Senate. Fearing a Soviet attack, his people slowly but surely turn against him.

However Colonel Martin 'Jiggs' Casey (Kirk Douglas) uncovers evidence that the nationally popular head of Joint Chiefs, General James Mattoon Scott (Burt Lancaster), is not planning on waiting the 2 years he was supposed to, to run for Presidential Candidate.

When Casey announces this information to Lyman a sinister web of intrigue starts and now neither side know who can be trusted.

Keywords:

Drama, Thriller, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1964) (4 Star)

Cast:

Burt Lancaster	.... Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Kirk Douglas	.... Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
Fredric March	.... President Jordan Lyman
Ava Gardner	.... Eleanor 'Ellie' Holbrook
Edmond O'Brien	.... Sen. Raymond Clark
Martin Balsam	.... Paul Girard

Supporting Cast:

Andrew Duggan	.... Col. William 'Mutt' Henderson
Hugh Marlowe	.... Harold McPherson
Whit Bissell	.... Sen. Frederick Prentice
Helen Kleeb	.... Esther Townsend
George Macready	.... Christopher Todd
Richard Anderson	.... Col. Murdock

Directors:

John Frankenheimer

Writers:

Fletcher Knebel
Charles W. Bailey II

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