Rotten
Wild proceedings are packed with convoluted intrigue.
Variety Staff, Variety
Wrong Is Right
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1982 · 1h 57m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Overview
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.
Director and cast
- Richard Brooks Director
- Sean Connery as Patrick Hale
- George Grizzard as President Lockwood
- Robert Conrad as General Wombat
- Katharine Ross as Sally Blake
- G. D. Spradlin as Philindros
- John Saxon as Homer Hubbard
- Henry Silva as Rafeeq
- Leslie Nielsen as Mallory
- Robert Webber as Harvey
- Rosalind Cash as Mrs. Ford
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The star of Wrong Is Right is Sean Connery, giving the first uncertain performance of his otherwise exemplary career.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Veering wildly between a quite well-written satire on the contemporary American political scene and a very ham-fisted nuclear blackmail thriller, its sheer eccentricity is quite engaging.
Time Out
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