The Domino Principle

The Domino Principle

1977 · 98 min · EN · R · 5.8 (59 votes)
Dir. Stanley Kramer · Starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert, Eli Wallach · Music Billy Goldenberg

Trust no one. No one.

DramaThriller

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.

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A suffocating sense of dread and paranoia permeates this grim 70s thriller. It feels like a slow descent into a labyrinth of manipulation, where every choice leads to darker consequences. The atmosphere is thick with despair and the gnawing feeling of being trapped.

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