Blood Feud (1983)
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Blood Feud was a two-part TV drama, originally presented as an "Operation Prime Time" special. Robert Blake is disturbingly convincing as labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, engaged in a decade-long war of words with attorney (and later attorney general) Robert F. Kennedy. Cotter Smith makes his TV debut as Kennedy, a role he'd repeat on future occasions. Thoroughly compelling when sticking to the facts, the drama falls apart whenever indulging in flight of fanciful speculation (Sample: two of Hoffa's lieutenants watch the live telecast of Lee Harvey Oswald's murder, then celebrate the fact that Oswald will never be able to reveal their complicity in the JFK assassination!) Blood Feud was syndicated to local TV stations beginning April 24, 1983. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Robert Blake - James Hoffa
- Danny Aiello - Randy Powers
- Brian Dennehy - Edward G. Partin
- Sam Groom - John F. Kennedy
- Michael Lerner - Eddie Cheyfitz
- Forrest Tucker - Lyndon B. Johnson
- José Ferrer - Edward Bennett Williams
- Seymour Cassel - Kierdorff
- James V. Gazzo - Johnny Masseta
- Jim Haynie - Ned Tuckmill
- George Morfogen - George Di Santis
- Duncan Ross - Joseph P. Kennedy
- Vito Scotti - Vince Bocca
- James Widdoes - Dave Thatcher
- Guy Boyd - Pete the Trucker
- David Carlyle - Sheriff
- T.J. Castronovo - Al Perelli
- Carolyn Coates - Kennedy's Secretary
- Frank Dent - Michigan DA
- Robert Fields - Gene Sears
- Beatrice Manley - Judge Matthews
- Terrence E. McNally - Justice Dept. Attorney
- Charles Parks - 2nd Reporter
- Phil Roth - Electronics Expert
- Frank Silvera - Anthony Rossi
- Jack Thibeau - Stanton
- Red West - Violent Teamster
- Eleanor Zee - Dry Cleaning Officer
- Michael Vincente Gazzo
- Cotter Smith - Robert F. Kennedy
- Edward Albert - Phil Wharton
- Douglas Dirkson - Clark Mollenhoff
- Lance Henriksen - Mel Pierce (check sp)
- Sandy McPeak - Capt. Hamilton
- Ernest Borgnine - J. Edgar Hoover
- Jim Antonio - James Neal
- Jordan Charney - TV Commentator
- Michael Gwynne - Hoffa's Attorney
- Ron Karabatsos - Tony Buono
- Nicholas Pryor - John Cye Chesty
- Timothy Scott - Dan Ohlmeyer
- Peter van Norden - Pierre Salinger
- McKee Anderson - Ethel Kennedy
- Philip Bruns - Sen. McClellan
- Jacqueline Cassell - Hoffa's Secretary
- Michael Cavanaugh - US Marshal
- Robert Costanzo - Rocky
- Nate Esformes - Capo di Capi
- John Francis - Restaurant Captain
- Frank McCarthy - Ewing King
- Owen Orr - Washington Reporter
- Jason Ronard - Soldato
- Kevin Scannell - Arresting FBI Agent
- Leonard Termo - LA Teamster
- Dean Wein - 2nd Teamster
- Biff Yeager - 1st Teamster
- Clete Roberts - Narrator
- Director(s):
- Mike Newell
- Writer(s):
- Robert Boris
- Producer(s):
- Daniel Mayer Selznick, Joel Glickman
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