Hail (1972 film)

Hail!
Hail!
Directed by	Fred Levinson
Screenplay by	Phil Dusenberry and Larry Spiegel
Starring	Dan Resin; Richard B. Shull; Dick O'Neill
Release date	1973;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	USA

Hail! (aka Hail to the Chief, Mr. President, Washington, B.C) is an American political comedy film directed 1970-1971 by Fred Levinson to a screenplay by Phil Dusenberry and Larry Spiegel. The film was screened 1972,^[1] but not released until 1973.^[2]

Plot

Made during the administration of President Richard Nixon, the movie follows a presidential adviser who learns that the Chief Executive is jailing and persecuting others who oppose his strict mandates.

Cast

Dan Resin as The U.S. President
Richard B. Shull as The Secretary of Health
Dick O'Neill as The Attorney General
Joseph Sirola Reverend Jimmy Williams
Patricia Ripley as The First Lady
Gary Sandy as Tom Goodman
Willard Waterman as Vice President

External links

Hail at IMDb

References

^ Filmmakers Newsletter - Volume 6 - Page 127 1972 - Strictly in the wrong place is Fred Levenson's American production, HAIL! This is a slick, sick, slapstick ... the end, though, HAIL! falls flat mainly for lack of backbone. .
^ New York Times July 28, 1973: Screen 'Hail to the Chief':Farce on the President Is at the Playboy "No more Congress!" shouts the President of the United States. "No more Supreme Court! Just me!" The President, who looks a lot like Bob Newhart and is played by another seriously comic actor named Dan Resin, can barely contain his old-fashioned, down-home joy. Sufferin' catfish! He can now give full rein to his paranoia, so that the Attorney General is able to warn that "the Commies and their dupes" (pronounced "doo-pays") "will have to go elsewhere for their revolution."

[1] Filmmakers Newsletter - Volume 6 - Page 127 1972 - Strictly in the wrong place is Fred Levenson's American production, HAIL! This is a slick, sick, slapstick ... the end, though, HAIL! falls flat mainly for lack of backbone. .

[2] New York Times July 28, 1973: Screen 'Hail to the Chief':Farce on the President Is at the Playboy "No more Congress!" shouts the President of the United States. "No more Supreme Court! Just me!" The President, who looks a lot like Bob Newhart and is played by another seriously comic actor named Dan Resin, can barely contain his old-fashioned, down-home joy. Sufferin' catfish! He can now give full rein to his paranoia, so that the Attorney General is able to warn that "the Commies and their dupes" (pronounced "doo-pays") "will have to go elsewhere for their revolution."

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