
The Parallax View(1974)
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.


“Ninety minutes. Six bullets. No choice.”
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

Johnny Depp
Gene Watson

Courtney Chase
Lynn Watson

Charles S. Dutton
Hucy

Christopher Walken
Mr. Smith

Roma Maffia
Ms. Jones

Peter Strauss
Brendan Grant

Gloria Reuben
Krista Brooks

Marsha Mason
Gov. Eleanor Grant

Miguel Nájera
Franco (Governor's Bodyguard)

Bill Smitrovich
Officer Trust
Nick of Time is a thriller, crime, action film released in 1995 exploring themes of assassination, politics, los angeles, california. Directed by John Badham, it stars Johnny Depp, Courtney Chase, Charles S. Dutton. An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.
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