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IMDbKirk Douglas contributed to the film's budget.
The first film to openly question the veracity of the Warren Commission's report into the death of John F. Kennedy.
Once the film was pulled from release in December 1973, it didn't show up again until the late 80s when it finally started surfacing on TV.
Hugely controversial upon its release because of its depiction of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the film was unceremoniously yanked from many theaters in its first and second weeks of showing because of the bad press. Many television stations also refused to run trailers for the film.
Burt Lancaster said he hoped the film would make people skeptical.
"[last lines] TV Commentator: In the three years after the murders of John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald eighteen material witnesses died, 6 by gunfire, 3 by motor accidents, 2 by suicide, 1 by a cut throat, 1 by a karate chop to the neck, 3 by heart attacks, 2 from natural causes. An actuary engaged by the London Sunday Times concluded: On November 22, 1963, the odds of these witnesses being dead by Feb. 1967 are one hundered thousand trillion to one."
"Chris: Yeah, I got his rifle. It's a 6.5 millimeter Italian Carcano. It shoots high and to the left, and the bolt sticks. Christ, the Italians quit makin' these 25 years ago! They called it "The rifle that never hurt anyone... on purpose!""