Blood Feud (1983 film)

Blood Feud
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Screenplay byRobert Boris
Directed byMike Newell
StarringRobert Blake
Cotter Smith
Theme music composerFred Steiner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersJoel Glickman
Daniel Selznick
Production locations20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
EditorJohn Farrell
Running time210 minutes
Production company20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseApril 25 (1983-04-25) –
May 2, 1983 (1983-05-02)
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Blood Feud is a 1983 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television crime drama film centering on the conflict between Jimmy Hoffa and Robert F. Kennedy in an 11-year span from 1957 until Kennedy's assassination in 1968. The 210-minute film was directed by Mike Newell and written by Robert Boris. It stars Robert Blake as Hoffa and Cotter Smith as Kennedy with Danny Aiello and Brian Dennehy in supporting roles as union associates of Hoffa's.[1]

The television film was distributed by Operation Prime Time, a syndicated block of television programming offered to mostly American independent stations.[2]

Blake was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance as Hoffa.

  1. ^ Blood Feud at IMDb
  2. ^ Variety. December 2, 2010. Last accessed: February 22, 2011.