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Bookmark this pagePower Play (1978)
Director: Martyn Burke
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From Time Out Film Guide
Tedious, glib and reactionary, this hovers in CIA fantasy land (Mission Impossible time warp). In an anonymous European banana republic, an idealistic young WASP military junta overthrow a corrupt and fascistic civilian government of Balkan villains. Despite O'Toole's endearingly ironic performance as the double-crosser in the pack, the moral remains objectionably circular: 'change breeds reaction, so join the reactionaries'. Miss it.Author: CA
Cast & crew
Director: Martyn Burke
Producer: Christopher Dalton
Cast: Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence, Barry Morse, Jon Granik, Marcella Saint-Amant, Dick Cavett full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 102 mins
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