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Pendulum

  • 1969
  • R
  • 1h 46min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,3/10
950
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
George Peppard, Richard Kiley, and Jean Seberg in Pendulum (1969)
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Quando il capitano della polizia Frank Matthews viene accusato di aver ucciso la moglie adultera e il suo amante, fugge all'arresto e si mette sulle tracce dell'assassino.Quando il capitano della polizia Frank Matthews viene accusato di aver ucciso la moglie adultera e il suo amante, fugge all'arresto e si mette sulle tracce dell'assassino.Quando il capitano della polizia Frank Matthews viene accusato di aver ucciso la moglie adultera e il suo amante, fugge all'arresto e si mette sulle tracce dell'assassino.

  • Regia
    • George Schaefer
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Stanley Niss
  • Star
    • George Peppard
    • Jean Seberg
    • Richard Kiley
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,3/10
    950
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
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      • George Schaefer
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Stanley Niss
    • Star
      • George Peppard
      • Jean Seberg
      • Richard Kiley
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    Interpreti principali56

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    George Peppard
    George Peppard
    • Police Captain Frank Matthews
    Jean Seberg
    Jean Seberg
    • Adele Matthews
    Richard Kiley
    Richard Kiley
    • Woodrow Wilson King
    Charles McGraw
    Charles McGraw
    • Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
    Madeleine Sherwood
    Madeleine Sherwood
    • Mrs. Eileen Sanderson
    Robert F. Lyons
    Robert F. Lyons
    • Paul Martin Sanderson
    Frank Marth
    Frank Marth
    • Police Lt. Smithson
    Marj Dusay
    Marj Dusay
    • Liz Tennant
    Paul McGrath
    Paul McGrath
    • Senator Augustus Cole
    Stewart Moss
    Stewart Moss
    • Richard D'Angelo
    Isabel Sanford
    Isabel Sanford
    • Effie
    • (as Isabell Sanford)
    Dana Elcar
    Dana Elcar
    • Police Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
    Harry Lewis
    Harry Lewis
    • Brooks Elliot
    Mildred Trares
    • Mary Schumacher
    Robin Raymond
    Robin Raymond
    • Myra
    Phyllis Hill
    • Mrs. Wilma Elliot
    S. John Launer
    S. John Launer
    • Judge Kinsella
    Jock MacKelvie
    • U.S. Attorney Grady Butler
    • Regia
      • George Schaefer
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Stanley Niss
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    9weeds526

    Proud of My Great Uncle Stanley

    Check out the top of the Pendulum IMDb page, and you'll see a guy by the name of Stanley Niss, who wrote and produced this movie. He was my father's mother's brother, or great uncle. I recently learned more about my Great Uncle, and I was finally able to dig up my grandma's VHS copy of Pendulum in her condo. Just the fact that they were able to get a movie centered around a rapist rated only PG is enough of an accomplishment, but seeing George Peppard star surprised me even more.

    So, I popped it in my 18 inch VHS TV and watched. Well, it's the 60's alright, the music, the sets, the wardrobes, the chain smoking, there's no denying that. But all in all, I liked it as a standard courtroom drama, the actors did well with their roles, and though I'm biased, I liked it well enough, and it kept me excited throughout.

    Afterwards, I looked online and searched for some movie reviews, and saw that Roger Ebert himself reviewed upon its release, though he panned it. Gave it one and a half stars, and called my Great Uncle Stanley's script "written ineptly." Oh well. I had a good time, and I have a small piece of my family history in my hands now.
    9planktonrules

    A heck of a good cop film...definitely underrated.

    I had never heard of "Pendulum" before and as shocked how good the movie was. It's definitely among the best films of the 1960s even though it's a rather obscure movie.

    George Peppard stars as Captain Matthews...a decorated cop who recently arrested a murderous psychopath. However, two things happen that will become important. First, Matthews' wife is cheating on him and he is beginning to suspect the truth. Second, due to a technicality, the psychopath has been released even though everyone knows he is guilty. How do these two things work together to REALLY impact on the Captain? See the film.

    George Peppard is really good here. The other actor who was a major standout is Robert Lyons as the psychotic murderer and rapist. He's quite smug and chilling! Now one part of the film MIGHT seem like a cliche that isn't is when the Captain escapes from custody after he's arrested (yes, he ends up being arrested for a double murder). Normally, this is a bad plot element...the notion of an innocent man escaping in order to prove he's not guilty. Here it's handled well...as it's obvious that for political reasons the Captain is assumed to be guilty and the cops aren't even considering other options. In a case like this, you can understand Matthews' actions.

    Overall, a very exciting, taut and suspenseful film...well worth seeing because it is so intelligently made from start to finish. So good, I nearly gave this one a 10....and I almost never do that!
    9herbqedi

    Top-notch detective yarn improves with age

    Peppard is ideally cast as inflexibly hard-nosed cop who gets sucked through the looking-glass when indicted for his cheating wife's murder. Charles McGraw and Richard Kiley are both magnificent in the key supporting roles. Dana Elcar and Isabel Sanford also add poignantly amusing support. Director George Schaeffer's pacing and choice of score is perfect for the genre. And, many of the key ironies are even more appropriate today than when the film was made. Very highly recommended.
    jayacts1982

    Some of the best work done of it's time.

    The one thing that stands out, and possibly because of Peppard's rather "okay" performance, was the work of Robert F. Lyons and Madeleine Sherwood. Lyons makes a wonderful splash as his debut role in this film. I am surprised it has not been commented on before as I see very little work from this period that was on par with this. The work was quite impressive. If you are interested in the detail of an actor's craft, watch these two actors and their chemistry. They are just a joy to watch. Overall,the film was okay. A little slow at times but it has some nice twists that make up for the rather slow story. Hang in there though, it gets exciting toward the end!
    7ksf-2

    film no-one has ever heard of...not bad

    Peppard is frank matthews, who has just left his job as a cop to work for a senator. When someone close to him is knocked off, he's the lead suspect! So now he's got to find the real killer before he gets locked up.. or even gets the death penalty. Lots of talk about one's rights when someone is arrested. The miranda warning had just been instituted in 1966. A fair amount of suspense. First, matthews keeps meddling in the investigation, and might screw up his own defense if it goes to trial. Then, later, it looks like matthews really has done the murder himself. It's pretty good! Nothing too new or earth shaking, but it was during the era of discussions of civil rights. Keep an eye out for isabel sanford as the maid; she will play louise in "the jeffersons". Peppard made this after tiffany's and crossbow, but just before banacek. He was nominated for a bafta for "home from the hill." directed by george schaefer. Story by stanley niss. He died young at 53, soon after this film was released. It's good!

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      During location filming in Washington, DC, Martin Luther King was assassinated. The resulting riots in the capital caused the shooting company to wrap early and return to Los Angeles. Visible in the rear window of the cab during Jean Seberg's ride through the city, buildings are burning and smoke is obvious.
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    • Citazioni

      Judge Kinsella: On your last appearance before me, Mr. Sanderson, it was my unpleasant duty to sentence you to death in the electric chair. Now, the duty I have before me now is in some respects even more unpleasant. I have no quarrel with the principle of law involved, it's a good and wise application of our constitutional guarantees, but in this case, it results in turning loose upon society a degraded and immoral person.

      Judge Kinsella: [he continues] There's no doubt that in the first half of the twentieth century, we - and I mean the press and the public as well as the courts - had looked the other way as our police, in the name of law and order, showed a patent disregard for individual liberties as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. But it seems now that the pendulum is swinging a little too far the other way.

      [sighs heavily]

      Judge Kinsella: Well there is hope; gravity will bring it to rest at some point where the interests of both individual liberty and the community as a whole are best served. Motion is granted.

    • Connessioni
      Referenced in Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)
    • Colonne sonore
      The Pendulum Swings Both Ways
      Music by Walter Scharf

      Lyrics by Mack David

      Sung by The Lettermen (as The Letterman)

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    • Data di uscita
      • 14 febbraio 1969 (Germania occidentale)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Lincoln Memorial, 2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC, Stati Uniti d'America
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Pendulum Productions
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      • 1.85 : 1

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