FEATURE FILM

Wrong Is Right

5.6/10
TMDB63 votes
1982Original: English117 min

Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.

Genres: Comedy, Drama
Cast: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross, G.D. Spradlin

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Wrong Is Right (1982) is a film in the comedy, drama genres. Directed by Richard Brooks. The cast includes Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross.

Released
1982-04-16
Original language
English
Runtime
117 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions
Writers
Richard Brooks

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5.6/10 from 63 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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Political satire and Bond adjacent. Sean was riding high on post-Bond era, and he puts it to use with his character of Hale in this movie. The story isn't more ludicrous than anything that Bond ever did, and is in fact more grounded because it involves multiple nations all scheming against one another for their own ends, rather than as a uniform specter of an enemy. It is fantastically cast and while it is an…

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Political satire and Bond adjacent. Sean was riding high on post-Bond era, and he puts it to use with his character of Hale in this movie. The story isn't more ludicrous than anything that Bond ever did, and is in fact more grounded because it involves multiple nations all scheming against one another for their own ends, rather than as a uniform specter of an enemy. It is fantastically cast and while it is an artifact of the late seventies and at times a bit disjointed, it still serves its narrative really well and comes across as very genuine and very successful in its satire of its age.

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Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.

Who stars in Wrong Is Right?

Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross, G.D. Spradlin, John Saxon. See the cast cards above for character names.

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