| Wrong Is Right | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Richard Brooks |
| Written by | Richard Brooks |
| Based on | The Better Angels by Charles McCarry |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Edited by | George Grenville |
| Music by | Artie Kane |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 117 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million[2] |
| Box office | $3.5 million[3] |
Wrong Is Right, released in the UK as The Man with the Deadly Lens, is a 1982 American political satire comedy thriller film directed, written, and co-produced by Richard Brooks and starring Sean Connery as TV news reporter Patrick Hale. The film, based on Charles McCarry's novel The Better Angels (1979), is about the theft of two suitcase nukes.[1][4]
- ^ a b Canby, Vincent (April 16, 1982). "'Wrong is Right,' Globe-Hopping Thriller". The New York Times.
- ^ "Wrong is Right (1982)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Wrong Is Right". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
- ^ "Wrong Is Right". Variety. January 1, 1982. Retrieved January 4, 2024.