Story Line
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.
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Top Cast
Sean Connery
Patrick Hale
George Grizzard
President Lockwood
Robert Conrad
General Wombat
Katharine Ross
Sally Blake
G.D. Spradlin
Philindros
John Saxon
Homer Hubbard
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Rating
5.6/ 10
Release Date
1982-04-16
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
ComedyDrama
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User Reviews (1)
Sierbahnn
6/10
•6/30/2026Political satire and Bond adjacent.
Sean was riding high on post-Bond era, and he puts it to use with his character of Hale in this movie. The story isn't more ludicrous than anything that Bond ever did, and is in fact more grounded because it invol...