Power Play (1978 film)

Power Play
Directed byMartyn Burke[1]
Written byEdward N. Luttwak
Martyn Burke[1]
Produced byBob Cooper (IV)
Ronald I. Cohen
Christopher Dalton[1]
StarringPeter O'Toole
David Hemmings
Donald Pleasence
CinematographyOusama Rawi
Edited byJohn Victor-Smith
Music byKen Thorne
Distributed byRank Film Distributors[1]
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Canada
LanguageEnglish

Power Play (also known as Coup d'Etat,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Power Play (1978)". Yahoo Movies. Retrieved 5 September 2006.[dead link]
  2. ^ Martin, Robert (17 March 1978). "Hard sell as important as bikinis at Cannes". The Globe and Mail. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Power Play". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Power Play". Monthly Film Bulletin. 5 (528). London: 179. 1 January 1978.