Bridges stars as Nick Kegan, the youngest son of a Kennedyesque family presided over by an eccentric tycoon (Huston). Not wanting to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, who became president and was then assassinated, Nick has drifted through life trying to avoid the influence of
his father. But when a dying man claims to have been the "second rifle" at the president's assassination 19 years before, the revelation sets into motion a bizarre series of events which sees Nick dig deeper and deeper into the past to find out who is truly responsible for his brother's
assassination. Director William Richert has turned Richard Condon's novel about the insanity of...
Released:
1979
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins