The Enemy Within
A Colonel working at the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a plot by his superior to use military force to remove the elected President, who always opposed Pentagon budget increases, and to replace him with a much tamer Vice-President.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Released
- 1994
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1994
Storyline
A Colonel working at the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a plot by his superior to use military force to remove the elected President, who always opposed Pentagon budget increases, and to replace him with a much tamer Vice-President.
Top credits
Forest Whitaker — Col. MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey
Sam Waterston — President William Foster
Dana Delany — Betsy Corcoran
Jason Robards — General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Did you know
• Jason Robards plays United States Marine Corps General R. Pendleton Lloyd who was the Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff. At the time the movie was released in 1994, no United States Marine Corps General had served as Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff. The first United States Marine Corps General who become Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff was General Peter Pace in 2005.
• In the novel and the earlier version of the film, Seven Days in May (1964), the character played here by Forest Whitaker was named Martin "Jiggs" Casey. The nickname, which in the context of an African-American actor was a racial epithet, was clearly inappropriate and was not used.
• Executive producer Peter Douglas is the son of Kirk Douglas, the star of Seven Days in May (1964) on which this film is based.
User reviews
heavens to murgatroyd... a remake? why?
Seven Days In May Light
No Seven Days In May But Still An Above Average TV Film
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo, Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
