JFK60: Kicking the Seat Vodcast Discusses the JFK Conspiracy Film ‘Executive Action' (1973)

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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on Ian Simmons Vodcast, KICKING THE SEAT, talking the 1973 first JFK conspiracy film “Executive Action” … it’s 50th Anniversary. Why was this particular anniversary film chosen? Because today … November 22nd, 2023, is the 60th Anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination.

At a gathering in June 1963, shadowy industrial, political and U.S. intelligence figures discuss their growing dissatisfaction with the Kennedy administration. The most powerful, a geopolitical oil mogul, is Ferguson (Will Geer). The rest of these figureheads include Foster (Robert Ryan) and Farrington (Burt Lancaster), a black ops expert. When the green light is lit on the operation, Farrington recruits a team of shooters and a fall guy named Lee Harvey Oswald. Their destination? Dallas, Texas, on November 22nd, 1963, and the presidential motorcade of destiny.

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‘Executive Action’ on Kicking the Seat, Hosted by Ian Simmons
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald

KICKING THE SEAT is an Ian Simmon’s Joint covering the spectrum of film, both here and abroad. Pat McDonald joins him several times a year in the segment “There’s No Stalgia Like Nostalgia.” Click here for previous episodes.

KICKING THE SEAT Vodcast, There’s No Stalgia Like Nostalgia presents “Executive Action” (1973) …

Trailer, “Executive Action” …

”Executive Action” is available for digital download. See provider for access. Featuring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Ed Lauter and Dick Miller. Written by Dalton Trumbo. Directed by David Miller. Rated “PG.” For Ian Simmon’s “Kicking the Seat” Vodcast page, click KICKING THE SEAT.

HollywoodChicago.com senior staff writer Patrick McDonald

By PATRICK McDONALD
Editor and Film Writer
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pat@hollywoodchicago.com

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