Winter Kills (film)

Winter Kills
Film poster by John Solie
Directed by	William Richert
Written by	William Richert
Based on	Winter Kills 1974 novel by Richard Condon
Produced by	Daniel H. Blatt Fred C. Caruso
Starring	Jeff Bridges John Huston Anthony Perkins Eli Wallach Sterling Hayden Dorothy Malone Tomás Milián Belinda Bauer Toshiro Mifune Ralph Meeker Richard Boone
Cinematography	Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by	David Bretherton
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Distributed by	AVCO Embassy Pictures
Release date	May 17, 1979 (1979-05-17)[1]
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	United States West Germany
Language	English
Budget	$6.5 million
Box office	$1,083,799

Winter Kills is a 1979 satirical black comedy thriller film written and directed by William Richert, based on the eponymous novel of 1974 by Richard Condon. A fiction inspired by the assassination conspiracy theories about President John F. Kennedy, its all-star cast includes Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Richard Boone, Toshirō Mifune, Sterling Hayden, Dorothy Malone, Belinda Bauer, Ralph Meeker, Elizabeth Taylor, Berry Berenson and Susan Walden.

The film simplifies the plot of the book somewhat, emphasizing humor. It follows the events surrounding the assassination of the fictional President Kegan (based on John F. Kennedy). Several years later, Kegan's half-brother Nick (Bridges) discovers leads which suggest there may have been a plot to kill the President.