Hail (film) explained

Hail!
Director:	Fred Levinson
Screenplay:	Phil Dusenberry and Larry Spiegel
Starring:	Dan Resin Richard B. Shull Dick O'Neill
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Runtime:	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,^[1] but not released until 1973.^[2]

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

Notes and References

1. 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. .
2. [New York Times]