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The Ultimate Reason for Kings

The Ultimate Reason for Kings

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Overview

The plot centers on a large-scale conspiracy by a group of US military personnel, led by General James Scott, against the current President Jordan Lyman. Further events show that the President, who sent his closest aides and friends to investigate, easily and almost indifferently accepts the news of their deaths, because he is only interested in his own person.

Created by Viktor Kisin
Written by Viktor Kisin, Fletcher Knebel, Tamara Boyko
NetworksCentral Television USSR

Top Cast

Georgiy Drozd

Georgiy Drozd

Jordan Lyman - President of the US

Rostislav Yankovsky

Rostislav Yankovsky

James Mattoon Scott - US air force general

Aleksandr Filippenko

Aleksandr Filippenko

Martin «Jiggs» Casey - colonel in the US armed forces

Ada Rohovtseva

Ada Rohovtseva

Esther Townsend - secretary to the President

Mikhail Danilov

Mikhail Danilov

Ray Clark - senator

S

Stanislav Korenev

Christopher Todd - secretary of the treasury

Igor Kashintsev

Igor Kashintsev

Fred Prentice - senator

V

Vladimir Dunaev

Narrator

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or booksenatorministerconspiracysecretaryarmy colonelu.s. generalsecret investigation

About The Ultimate Reason for Kings

The Ultimate Reason for Kings is a war & politics, mystery series that first aired in 1986 exploring themes of based on novel or book, senator, minister, conspiracy, secretary, army colonel. Created by Viktor Kisin, it stars Georgiy Drozd, Rostislav Yankovsky, Aleksandr Filippenko. The plot centers on a large-scale conspiracy by a group of US military personnel, led by General James Scott, against the current President Jordan Lyman. Further events show that the President, who sent his closest aides and friends to investigate, easily and almost indifferently accepts the news of their deaths, because he is only interested in his own person.

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