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The Ultimate Reason for Kings
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The Ultimate Reason for Kings

1986-08-11 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 8.0

War & Politics · Mystery

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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Countries
Soviet Union
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Georgiy DrozdGeorgiy DrozdJordan Lyman - President of the US
Rostislav YankovskyRostislav YankovskyJames Mattoon Scott - US air force general
Aleksandr FilippenkoAleksandr FilippenkoMartin «Jiggs» Casey - colonel in the US armed forces
Ada RohovtsevaAda RohovtsevaEsther Townsend - secretary to the President
Mikhail DanilovMikhail DanilovRay Clark - senator
Stanislav KorenevChristopher Todd - secretary of the treasury
Igor KashintsevIgor KashintsevFred Prentice - senator
Vladimir DunaevNarrator

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