Hail (1972)
Any resemblance between the U.S. president in Hail and Richard M. Nixon was purely intentional. Faced with rebellious teenagers and college students, paranoid chief executive Dan Resin comes up with a brilliant idea: lock all the malcontents in concentration camps. Unfortunately, this leads to ramifications that turn the Good Ol' USA into an armed stockade. Amusing at first, the film's satirical content is compromised by repetition and predictability. Also known as Hail to the Chief and Washington BC, Hail was released in 1973 -- though, incredibly, it was completed before the Watergate incident. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Fred Levinson
Synopsis of Hail
Any resemblance between the U.S. president in Hail and Richard M. Nixon was purely intentional. Faced with rebellious teenagers and college students, paranoid chief executive Dan Resin comes up with a brilliant idea: lock all the malcontents in concentration camps. Unfortunately, this leads to ramifications that turn the Good Ol' USA into an armed stockade. Amusing at first, the film's satirical content is compromised by repetition and predictability. Also known as Hail to the Chief and Washington BC, Hail was released in 1973 -- though, incredibly, it was completed before the Watergate incident. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Hail
- Dan Resin - The President
- K Callan - Burd
- Phil Foster - Michael
- Lee Meredith - Mrs. Maloney
- Dick O'Neill - Attorney General
- Toni Reid - Doctor
- Gary Sandy - Tom
- Joseph Sirola - Rev. Williams
- Mary Louise Weller - Mrs. Ellinson
- Douglas Rutherford - Ellinson
- Madison Arnold - Sgt. Mazzola
- Constance Forslund - Sara
- Brandon Maggart - Sgt. National Guard
- James Murtaugh - Sgt. Johnson
- Peggy Pope - Sister Veronica
- Patricia Ripley - First Lady
- Richard B. Shull - Secretary of Health
- Willard Waterman - Vice President
- Robert King - Reporter
- Director(s):
- Fred Levinson
- Writer(s):
- Phil Dusenberry, Larry Spiegel
- Producer(s):
- Roy L. Townswnd, Paul Leaf
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