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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-05-16
65%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 58m
Overview:
A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Inter Planetary Productions
Movie: Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Top 10 Billed Cast
Peter Boyle
David Dellinger
Elliott Gould
Leonard Weinglass
Robert Carradine
Rennie Davis
Michael Lembeck
Abbie Hoffman
Robert Loggia
William M. Kunstler
Martin Sheen
James Marion Hunt
Brian Benben
Tom Hayden
Ron Rifkin
Allen Ginsberg
Carl Lumbly
Bobby Seale
Barry Miller
Jerry Rubin
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A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
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1987-05-16
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