| Hail! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fred Levinson |
| Screenplay by | Phil Dusenberry and Larry Spiegel |
| Starring | Dan Resin Richard B. Shull Dick O'Neill |
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| 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, but not released until 1973.
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
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."