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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald poster
Directed by
Larry Buchanan
Genre
trial film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This movie imagines what a trial for Lee Harvey Oswald would have looked like if he had survived. It dramatizes court proceedings over his roles in the JFK assassination and a police officer's killing.

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What happens

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald is a 1964 American legal drama/historical fiction film directed by Larry Buchanan. It is the first speculative trial drama about Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and murderer of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit. Produced in Dallas only a few months after the assassination and Oswald's murder by Jack Ruby, the film attempts to simulate Oswald's trial if he had lived. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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