The Domino Principle

“Trust no one. No one.”

5.9(72)19771h 38m

ThrillerAction

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.

Director

Stanley Kramer

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Cast

Gene Hackman

Tucker

Candice Bergen

Ellie

Richard Widmark

Tagge

Mickey Rooney

Spiventa

Edward Albert

Pine

Eli Wallach

Gen. Reser

Ken Swofford

Warden Ditcher

Neva Patterson

Gaddis

Jay Novello

Capt. Ruiz

Joseph V. Perry

Bowkamp

Ted Gehring

Schnaible

Claire Brennen

Ruby

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1 review

tmdb76622195

5y ago

4.0

Gene Hackman infamously took the lead role in this leaden political thriller for the paycheck, turning down such unseen arthouse fare as "Jaws," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "Apocalypse Now." Hackman is Tucker, a Vietnam veteran serving time in San Quentin with his cellmate and buddy Spiventa (Mickey Rooney, gunning for a Supporting Actor Oscar nod that he did not get). Tucker is appr...