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Adam Kennedy is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 10 march 1922 at Otterbein (USA)
Adam Kennedy (March 10, 1922—October 16, 1997) was an American actor, screenwriter, novelist, and painter, who starred as the Irish-American newspaper editor Dion Patrick in thirty-seven episodes during the first season, 1957–1958, of NBC's western television series, The Californians. Set in the San Francisco, California, of the 1850s, Patrick in the story line works with the vigilantes to restore order from the unrest created by the miners, the Forty-Niners.
En 1967, il publie son premier roman L’Addition (The Killing Season) signé John Redgate. Ce roman est sélectionné par la Mystery Writers of America pour le prix Edgar-Allan-Poe du meilleur premier roman. Selon Claude Mesplède et Jean-Jacques Schleret, il est « bien dans le ton de ce monde, froid, cruel, impitoyable que l'auteur se plait à dénoncer ». Un barbu s'envole (The Last Decathlon), publié en 1979, raconte l'histoire d'un jeune décathlonien américain qui disparaît pendant les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1980 à Moscou. Le roman est écrit avant la décision des États-Unis de boycotter les jeux.
En 1975, sous son nom, il publie La Théorie des dominos (The Domino Principle) dans lequel Roy Tucker, condamné à vingt ans de prison, se voit proposer par une organisation la liberté en échange de l'assassinat d’une personnalité. Après s'être évadé, il remplit sa mission et abat le président des États-Unis. La chasse à l'homme qui s'ensuit se prolonge dans Chèque au flingueur (The Domino Vendetta). Pour Claude Mesplède, « ces deux excellents livres de politique-fiction mettent en lumière les agissements suspects des services spéciaux américains ». Adam Kennedy adapte le premier ces deux romans dans un film américano-britannique réalisé par Stanley Kramer sous le titre éponyme en 1977.
Il meurt d’une crise cardiaque en octobre 1997.
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Adam Kennedy
Nationality USA
Birth 10 march 1922 at Otterbein (USA)
Death 16 october 1997 (at 75 years) at Kent (USA)
Birth 10 march 1922 at Otterbein (USA)
Death 16 october 1997 (at 75 years) at Kent (USA)
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Il est acteur dans de nombreuses séries télévisées et films américains où il tient pour l'essentiel des rôles secondaires.En 1967, il publie son premier roman L’Addition (The Killing Season) signé John Redgate. Ce roman est sélectionné par la Mystery Writers of America pour le prix Edgar-Allan-Poe du meilleur premier roman. Selon Claude Mesplède et Jean-Jacques Schleret, il est « bien dans le ton de ce monde, froid, cruel, impitoyable que l'auteur se plait à dénoncer ». Un barbu s'envole (The Last Decathlon), publié en 1979, raconte l'histoire d'un jeune décathlonien américain qui disparaît pendant les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1980 à Moscou. Le roman est écrit avant la décision des États-Unis de boycotter les jeux.
En 1975, sous son nom, il publie La Théorie des dominos (The Domino Principle) dans lequel Roy Tucker, condamné à vingt ans de prison, se voit proposer par une organisation la liberté en échange de l'assassinat d’une personnalité. Après s'être évadé, il remplit sa mission et abat le président des États-Unis. La chasse à l'homme qui s'ensuit se prolonge dans Chèque au flingueur (The Domino Vendetta). Pour Claude Mesplède, « ces deux excellents livres de politique-fiction mettent en lumière les agissements suspects des services spéciaux américains ». Adam Kennedy adapte le premier ces deux romans dans un film américano-britannique réalisé par Stanley Kramer sous le titre éponyme en 1977.
Il meurt d’une crise cardiaque en octobre 1997.
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Men in War (1957)
, 1h42Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, Philip Pine, Vic Morrow
Roles Private Maslow
Rating70%
On 6 September 1950, an isolated and exhausted platoon of the 24th Infantry Division is cut off. In addition to losing radio contact, the platoon is harassed by unseen North Korean infiltrators who silently kill the Americans and take their weapons. Platoon commander Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) has only vague instructions to reach a certain hill to link up with American forces.
Bailout at 43,000 (1957)
, 1h18Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Payne, Karen Steele, Paul Kelly, Richard Eyer, Constance Ford, Eddie Firestone
Roles Lieutenant Ed Simmons
Rating57%
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Tension at Table Rock (1956)
, 1h33Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Angie Dickinson, Billy Chapin, Royal Dano
Roles Jethro
Rating63%
After killing a man whom many thought was his friend, Wes Tancred is assaulted and immortalized in an uncomplimentary song about one man shooting his best friend in the back, when in fact Wes' friend was reaching for his gun to shoot Wes in the back as he started out the door. Wes leaves town and winds up working as a hostler at a Stagecoach Outpost. He adopts an alias and befriends the father and son that run the outpost. Three outlaws arrive with plans to rob the Stagecoach when it arrives. The Father is killed in a showdown with the three outlaws. Wes kills them and takes the boy to live with his aunt and uncle, who is the Sheriff in Table Rock. A reckless band of herders that are running a cattle drive come to town with revelry and kill a sodbuster. In court there is testimony presented that the murder was self-defense, because the ramrodder had placed a weapon in the victim's hand. Both the Sheriff and Wes are aware of this, however the Sheriff, who was traumatized from a previous beating, states in his report, that it was self-defense. He revises his report when Wes steps forward with testimony to the contrary, challenging him to overcome his fear. Wes shoots down a hired gun that comes to town to kill the Sheriff and the Sheriff, in turn, shoots the man who hires the gunman when he attempts to shoot Wes in the back.
, 1h40Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Rod Steiger, Ralph Bellamy, Elizabeth Montgomery, Peter Graves
Roles Yip Ryan (uncredited)
Rating67%
Brigadier General William Mitchell tries to prove the worth of the Air Service as an independent service by sinking a battleship under restrictive conditions agreed to by Army and Navy. He disobeys their orders to limit the attack to bombs under 1,000 pounds and instead loads 2,000 pounders. With these, he proves his aircraft can sink the ex-German World War I battleship Ostfriesland, previously considered unsinkable. But his superiors are outraged.
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Raise the Titanic (1980)
, 1h55Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Films set in the future, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Jason Robards, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer, Alec Guinness
Rating51%
The film opens on the fictional island of Svardlov in the far North Sea above the Soviet Union where an American spy breaks into an old mine where he discovers the frozen body of a US Army sergeant and mining expert Jake Hobart. Next to the frozen corpse is a newspaper from 1912 as well as some mining tools from the early part of the 20th Century. Using a radiation meter, the spy discovers that what he seeks, an extremely rare mineral named byzanium was there but has been mined out leaving only traces. He is then chased and shot by Soviet forces but rescued at the last moment by Dirk Pitt (Richard Jordan) a former U.S. Navy officer and a clandestine operator.
The Domino Principle (1977)
, 1h37Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney, Richard Widmark, Edward Albert, Eli Wallach
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating57%
Roy Tucker (Gene Hackman), serving time for the murder of his wife's first husband, is approached in prison by a man named Tagge (Richard Widmark) on behalf of a mysterious organization with an offer: in exchange for helping him escape and start a new life, Tucker must work for the organization for a few weeks. Following his escape with cellmate Spiventa (Mickey Rooney)—whom the organization immediately kills—Tucker flies to Puntarenas, Costa Rica where he is reunited with his wife Ellie (Candice Bergen). After a few idyllic days, the organization's Tagge, Pine (Edward Albert) and General Reser (Eli Wallach) return them to Los Angeles. There the details of his mission slowly unfold. He realizes he is expected to assassinate someone and refuses. The organization retaliates by kidnapping his wife.
The Dove (1974)
, 1h45Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Raffin, Dabney Coleman, John McLiam, John Anderson, John Meillon
Rating61%
The film tells of real-life Robin Lee Graham (Joseph Bottoms), a 16-year-old boy who sets out in a 23-foot sloop and is determined to be the youngest person to circumnavigate the world. He had planned the long trip with his sailor father Lyle Graham (John McLiam) for years.