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Bookmark this pageThe Internecine Project (1974)
Director: Ken Hughes
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An American professor of economics (Coburn) gets offered a top level advisory job in Washington, on condition that he eliminates four people in London who operate his European industrial espionage network. Once under way, The Internecine Project turns into a straightforward, very enjoyable if somewhat implausible murder story. Rather than despatch his victims himself, Coburn sets them to kill each other by orchestrating their motives and their moves. Despite the plot turning around a succession of calls from conveniently empty public phone boxes (all in working order), and the presence of a stereotype female journalist acting as Coburn's conscience, the film gains in weight thanks to its topical implications. All in all, a neat and unpretentious thriller that offers more food for thought than most such unashamedly commercial movies.Author: CPe
Cast & crew
Director: Ken Hughes
Producer: Barry Levinson, Andrew Donally
Cast: James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Keenan Wynn, David Swift, Julian Glover full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 89 mins
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