Power Play (1978)
- Directed by
- Martyn Burke
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of military officers plot a coup to overthrow their country's government. The film follows their careful planning and the moral compromises they make along the way.
tensemethodicalsuspensefulgrittycoldseriousstrategicurgent
What happens
Power Play (also known as Coup d'Etat, A State of Shock and Operation Overthrow) is a 1978 British-Canadian political thriller film directed by Martyn Burke and starring Peter O'Toole and David Hemmings. It was written by Burke and Edward N. Luttwak based on the latter's 1968 non-fiction strategy book Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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