1987
D: Roger Donaldson
C: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson, Leon Russom, Dennis Burkley, Marshall Bell, Chris D., Michael Shillo, Nicholas Worth, Leo Geter, Matthew Barry, John D’Aquino, Peter Bell, Tony Webster, Matthew Evans, Gregory Le Noel, Gregory Avellone, Jeremy Glenn, David Paymer
W: Kenneth Fearing (novel “The Big Clock”); Robert Garland (screen story & screenplay)
Original Music: Maurice Jarre
Cinematography: John Alcott
Editing: William Hoy & Neil Travis
Runtime: 114 min
Country: USA
Language: English / Russian
Color: Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Sound Mix: Dolby
Certification: R
After accidentally killing his mistress, Defense Secretary Brice is ready to turn himself in. His ambitious aide Pritchard, however, has other ideas. Hatching a plan to lay blame on a phantom KGB mole named “Yuri” working within the Pentagon, the intention being to keep the investigation “in house” so the FBI doesn’t get involved. Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell is ordered to head the investigation, which is tricky, since he was also having an affair with the senator’s mistress and knows the senator killed her. Most of the suspense involves Farrell rushing to build a case against Brice while trying to stall the processing of an undeveloped Polaroid that would falsely implicate him in the murder.
A tight, fast paced political thriller with some hair-raising, and not too believable but who cares, plot twists.
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