Item:

Title:
POWER PLAY
Title year:
1977
Also known as:
  • LE JEU DE LA PUISSANCE (France)
  • STATE OF SHOCK (Canada)
Unused titles(s):
  • Coup D'État (Working Title)
Original dialogue(s):
  • English
Version(s):
  • French dub.
Running time:
102 m 11 s
Description:
In an unidentified country a military coup is planned and executed. Based on the book "Coup d'Etat" by Edward N. Luttwak.

Director(s):
Credited as:
Martyn Burke -
Screen Writer(s):
Credited as:
Martyn Burke -
Source:
Credited as: Source material:
Edward N. Luttwak - book "Coup d'Etat"
Actor(s):
Credited as: Character name:
Peter O'Toole - Colonel Zeller
David Hemmings - Colonel Narriman
Donald Pleasence - Blair
Barry Morse - Jean Rousseau
Jon Granik - Raymond Kasai
Marcella Saint-Amant - Mrs. Rousseau
George Touliatos - Barrientos
Gary Reineke - Aramco
Chuck Shamata - Hillsman
Eli Rill - Dominique
Harvey Atkin - Anwar
August Schellenberg - Minh
Dick Cavett - as himself
David Calderisi - Blair's assistant
Alberta Watson - Donna
Peter Sturgess - janitor
Doug Lennox - Stauffenberg
Robert Goodier - President
John Bayliss - tank commander
Warren Van Evera - old terrorist
Sandra Scott - Donna's mother
Gino Marrocco - Donna's father
Bridget McCann - Marie Narriman
Terry Doyle - ambassador
Eugene Amodeo - photographer
George R. Robertson - Colonel Lucas
Frank Praino - deputy minister
Richard Moffatt - air traffic controller
Steve Pernie - air controller
Harvey Sokolov - radio operator
Alan Rosenthal - plane pilot
Jean Cavall - bartender
Geza Kovacs - Blair's aide
Loris Biagini - press secretary
Jeannie Elias - embasssy girl
Sandy Crawley - tank mechanic
Kathy May - telephone operator
Allan Aarons - sergeant major
Producer(s):
Credited as:
Christopher Dalton -
Co-Producer(s):
Credited as:
David Hemmings -
Associate Producer(s):
Credited as:
John M. Eckert -
Executive Producer(s):
Credited as:
Robert M. Cooper -
Ronald I. Cohen -
Editor(s):
Credited as:
Stan Cole -
John Victor Smith -
Musician(s):
  • Ken Thorne
Photography:
  • Ousama Rawi
Location sound mixer(s):
  • Douglas Ganton

Support:
35mm col (Kodak 5247)

Festival:
Montréal (World Film Festival) 1978/8/25
Release:
London (Leicester Square) 1978/11/1
Paris (15 theatres) 1979/4/25

Co-finance:
Financial %:
Country production 70

Location(s):
  • Toronto
  • Camp Borden (Ont.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
Laboratory:
  • Medallion Film Laboratories Ltd. (Toronto)
Studio:
  • Studio 5-2-3 (Toronto)
Organization(s):
Distributor(s):
Canada Danton Films
U.K. Rank Film Distributors

CFFD Reference No.:
725
Date modified: