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Release Date: 1997

Cast: Elaine Kagan, Judy Davis, Ed Harris, Richard Jenkins, Gene Hackman, Laura Linney, Penny Johnson Jerald, E. G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert, Mark Margolis, Clint Eastwood, Scott Glenn ...MORE

Cast: Elaine Kagan, Judy Davis, Ed Harris, Richard Jenkins, Gene Hackman, Laura Linney, Penny Johnson Jerald, E. G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert, Mark Margolis, Clint Eastwood, Scott Glenn, Melora Hardin ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Thriller, Thriller, Drama Film, Suspense, Political Thriller, Crime Fiction, Political Drama

Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller produced, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a thief who witnesses a murder. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel of the same name written by David Baldacci. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. The film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Judy Davis, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert and Scott Glenn. It was also the last screen appearance of E.G. Marshall. The story describes a conflict that arises after Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood), a master jewel thief, witnesses Secret... MORE

Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller produced, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a thief who witnesses a murder. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel of the same name written by David Baldacci. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. The film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Judy Davis, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert and Scott Glenn. It was also the last screen appearance of E.G. Marshall. The story describes a conflict that arises after Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood), a master jewel thief, witnesses Secret Service agents killing Christy (Melora Hardin), the beautiful young wife of elderly billionaire Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall), during her drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman), the President of the United States. Sullivan is Richmond's friend and financial supporter, and Richmond is a known philanderer. Luther has a daughter, Kate (Laura Linney), who works as a prosecutor and has been estranged from him for years. Luther breaks into Sullivan's mansion while the Sullivan family is on vacation, but Christy and Richmond interrupt him as he robs the house, Christy having asked her LESS