Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

May 16, 1987

1h 58m

★ 7.0

Overview

A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

Inter Planetary Productions

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Cast

David Dellinger

Peter Boyle

Leonard Weinglass

Elliott Gould

Rennie Davis

Robert Carradine

Abbie Hoffman

Michael Lembeck

William M. Kunstler

Robert Loggia

James Marion Hunt

Martin Sheen

Tom Hayden

Brian Benben

Allen Ginsberg

Ron Rifkin

Bobby Seale

Carl Lumbly

Jerry Rubin

Barry Miller

Judge Julius Hoffman

David Opatoshu

Thomas Foran

Harris Yulin

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