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Absolute Power is a american film of genre Drama directed by Clint Eastwood released in USA on 14 february 1997 with Clint Eastwood
Absolute Power (1997)
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Add to a movie listAbsolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel Absolute Power by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn and Dennis Haysbert. It was also the last screen appearance of E. G. Marshall.
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During the course of a burglary, master jewel thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses the killing of Christy Sullivan (Melora Hardin), the beautiful young wife of elderly billionaire Walter Sullivan (E. G. Marshall), during her drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman), the President of the United States. Walter Sullivan is Richmond's friend and financial supporter.Actors
Clint Eastwood
(Luther Whitney)
Gene Hackman
(President Richmond)
Ed Harris
(Seth Frank)
Laura Linney
(Kate Whitney)
Scott Glenn
(Bill Burton)
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