Executive Action (1973) clip 1 of 2 clips.

[primogennaio]

Some of the film is exaggeration; a disclaimer at the start says so. What isn't questionable is that bullets hit JFK from both the front and rear. Lone gunman? No way.

[ricarleite]

Filmmakers on 70s period films just did not care. It doesn't matter when it's set, people have 70s hair and fashion. I cannot think of ONE period film made in the 70s that kept true to the fashion of the time.

[bigjohnmac]

its interesting to note that this movie came out in 1973 and may come the closest to the truth of what happened in Dallas

[themeaningoflife38]

Former Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry admitted that it appeared that shots had come from the fence area.

[sudaev]

Yeah, by '91 most people bought the conspiracy rubbish thanks to Stone's "JFK" and "The Men Who Killed Kennedy", which, by the way, was so fraudulent that the British TV company that produced it almost lost their license. That's why it was sold to a US company. It was only shown in the UK once.

As to "JFK" - Stone did get the date right, he got the location right, and he got the correct victims; other than that, it was just one continuous lie after another.

[1916jutland]

The producers of this film received death threats. Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan became convinced there was a conspiracy to kill JFK. The film was hardly shown thanks to Jack Valente, LBJ's cronie. He tried to do the same thing with JFK. In 1973 people believed in the lone nut theory, but by 1991 most people didn't. This DVD costs less than $6.00 at Amazon. Get if for the special features and subtitles. You can read everything Oswald, JFK, Chief Curry, & others said. A better film than JFK.

[themeaningoflife38]

there would also be no reason for the guy to sneak around in the TSBD building since it was owned by DH Bryd in 1963.Bryd was good buddies with Clint Murchinson who was very close friends with J Edgar Hoover.They would have had unlimited access to that building.

[chubbsuperfly]

@themeaningoflife38 Mac Wallace also worked for Byrd, cousin of Harry Byrd, btw. Wallace's print matched the latent print on carton #A on the 6th floor. Wallace was an excellent shot and preferred his Mauser, which was originally the murder weapon until LHO's Manlicher-Carcano peashooter was "found" Why Stone never acknowledged EA is a mystery, too. Valenti sux.

[themeaningoflife38]

@chubbsuperfly Jack Valente is probably why this movie recieved poor reviews & was only shown in a small number of theaters for a few weeks until being removed entirely.

[kingcoach13]

@themeaningoflife38

with some heavyhanded behind-the-scenes arm-twisting by the G

[themeaningoflife38]

I'm surprised they were "allowed" to make this movie I wonder if anyone inolved in this movie mysteriously died. Ironically LBJ made his buddy Jack Valente the head of the motion picture association to "control" what kind of movies can be made.Valente is pictured on Air Force One while LBJ is sworn in.

[Obelisk2290]

The route of kennedy's motorcade route was not released untin november 19 so this is already following stone's footsteps

[migo53333]

Ummmmm, the route was released to the PUBLIC on the 19th,...... think.......

[Obelisk2290]

correct the route was decided on the 18 and published the 19

[kingcoach13]

@Obelisk2290

after some arm-twisting by some uniidentifiable someone.. who was getting instructions from the people who had designed the actual mechanics of the shooting.. (ALLEN DULLES, MAJ. GEN EDWARD G. LANSDALE, GEN. CHARLES CABELL, ALL OF WHOM WERE FIRED AT THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION FIASCO) the mayor EARLE CABELL ( YEP.. THE BROTHER OF GEN CHARLES CABELL, FORMERLY 4TH IN COMMAND OF THE CIA ), the route was changed in order to afford the shooters to triangulate their firing posts.

[kingcoach13]

@migo53333

the route WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF EVERY DALLAS PAPER ON THE DAY OF THE ASSASSINATION!! HELLO?!?

[RichRude]

I've only seen this once on TV ... on a random Saturday in '98 when I lived in Dallas but I had since forgotten the name of it. I've been looking for it ever since. Thanks CircuitBreaker1582!