aftermath watergate number conspiracy movies appeared one written late adam kennedy  based novel  br br gene hackman plays exvietnam veteran roy tucker loser wound prison receives visits marvin tagge  richard widmark  claims represent organisation designed assist wrongly convicted offer freedom despite distrusting tagge accepts brings along fellow cell mate name spiventa  mickey rooney  exactly hard see spiventa irritating little man drives tucker mad persistent talk sex want hear behind barsbr br tagges benefactors kill spiventa tuckers astonished eyes reunited wife ellie  candice bergen  given new identity  strangely attempt change appearance shaving cheesy moustache would start  settles down finds catch  tagge wants tucker less assassinate president united states refuses tagge ellie abductedbr br i leave synopsis here sure guess rest yourself script enough plot holes make want read book  neat trick that  people tagge represents never revealed allusions jfks killing unmistakable despite findings warren commission doubt whether lee harvey oswald acted alone persists daybr br this stanley kramers first movie years turkey lacks grip say john frankenheimers the manchurian candidate alan jpakulas the parallax view leftwing conspiracy movie tends skirt around subject matter instead getting grips it prefer rightwing ones  funnier domino look feel madefortv movie boasts must easiest prison escape movie history mention ending copped michael caine classic get carterbr br what makes watchable gene hackman richard widmark latter sadly passed away earlier year superb mysterious tagge initially appears behind operation ruthlessly eliminated beginning chain deaths designed remove trace evidence one one perpetrators evil plot fall  like dominoes tucker innocent pawn hackman marvellous wonder though chose hide obvious place shoes id fled side world anywhere get away fanatics hackmans love scenes bergen slow plot down almost relief gets snatched presumably producers thought too explains opens bizarre prologue setting films entire premise  voiced british actor patrick allen  warning audience they there they get us comedian les dawson later spoofed opening bbc show the dawson watchbr br mickey rooney earlier worked kramer its mad mad mad mad mad world death scene resembles like outtake picture actor looking though stung wasp rather shot deadbr br conspiracy movies used made left right getting act too last year taking liberties absurd concoction lies halftruths tony blairs government turned britains answer reefer madness least domino lovely candice bergen best chris atkins film could offer anne widdecombebr br surprisingly the domino principle made sir lew grade legendary british television mogul behind the saint jesus nazareth the muppet show worked adam kennedy  raise titanic whose failure great sank grades ambitions new louis bmeyer somewhat openminded would rule possibility conspiracy