The Enemy Within (1994 film)
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The Enemy Within | |
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Genre | Drama Thriller |
Based on | Fletcher Knebel Charles W. Bailey II |
Screenplay by | Rod Serling |
Directed by | Jonathan Darby |
Starring | Forest Whitaker Sam Waterston Dana Delany |
Music by | Joe Delia |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Peter Douglas |
Producer | Robert A. Papazian |
Production locations | Washington, D.C. Hollywood Arlington, Virginia |
Cinematography | Kees Van Oostrum |
Editor | Peter Zinner |
Running time | 86 min. |
Production companies | HBO Pictures Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International Vincent Pictures |
Distributor | HBO |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | August 20, 1994 |
The Enemy Within is a 1994 HBO television film remake of the 1964 film Seven Days in May, starring Forest Whitaker, Jason Robards, Jr., Dana Delaney and Sam Waterston, and directed by Jonathan Darby.[1] The film involves a planned military coup to overthrow the President of the United States. The television film remake was originally announced in 1984, while producer Peter Douglas worked for his father's film production company The Bryna Company (which had produced Seven Days in May).[2] The film took ten years to develop and was finally produced in 1994 through Peter Douglas' own film production company, Vincent Pictures.[2]
Plot summary[]
Marine Colonel MacKenzie Casey discovers an apparent plan by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General R. Pendleton Lloyd and Secretary of Defense Charles Potter to remove President William Foster from office and replace him with Vice President Walter Kelly, who they feel would be more willing to do their bidding. Casey and Foster desperately seek evidence before the coup occurs. They encounter a setback when Attorney General Arthur Daniels (who has told Potter about his misgivings about the constitutionality of the plan) is murdered. Casey contacts long time acquaintance Betsy Corcoran, who is Foster's Chief of Staff, and is able to secretly bring his concerns to Foster. With only a few days left until the coup, Casey receives unexpected support from "Jake", a Russian operative able to supply the kind of satellite and photographic proof that Foster cannot risk requesting of anyone in the compromised US intelligence community. When Jake provides access to Sarah McCann, secretary to the murdered Potter and secretly a Russian agent, Lloyd's operatives assassinate her. When all else fails, with troops deployed in 12 major cities and Lloyd and Potter in the Oval Office demanding Foster's resignation, Casey advises that he will confess to being part of their conspiracy (having uncovered enough information to sound legitimate in his so-called confession), denying the true conspirators any chance of claiming that they have acted within the constitution. Lloyd resigns, and Foster tells Potter that he and that other conspirators will simply resign in stages over the coming year, in order to prevent knowledge off, and a panic regarding, their treasonous acts.
Cast[]
- Forest Whitaker as Col. MacKenzie Casey
- Sam Waterston as President William Foster
- Dana Delany as Betsy Corcoran
- Jason Robards as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
- Josef Sommer as Defense Secretary Charles Potter
- George Dzundza as Jake
- Isabel Glasser as Sarah McCann
- Dakin Matthews as Vice President Walter Kelly
- William O'Leary as Lt. William Dorsett
- Lisa Summerour as Jean Casey
References[]
- ^ "The Enemy Within". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ a b unknown (1984-08-02). "not available". Los Angeles Times. p. 82. Retrieved 2021-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- 1994 television films
- 1994 films
- HBO Films films
- American film remakes
- American political thriller films
- American films
- American thriller television films
- Films about the United States Marine Corps
- Films about coups d'état
- American thriller television film stubs