The Genius Club

Oct 27, 2006

2h 1m

★ 4.9

Solve it.

Overview

What if you had one night to solve the world’s problems? For seven geniuses, they have no choice. A terrorist culls together a scientist, a seminary student, a pro baseball player, a professor, a casino owner, a painter, and a pizza delivery guy to attempt to solve the world’s problems in one night.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

RiverRain Productions

NiceDay Pictures

The Genius Club Trailers

Cast

Julia Endersol

Carol Abney

Rory Johnson

Stephen Baldwin

Jacob Chernov

Jacob Bonnema

Ally Simon

Tricia Helfer

Professor Lee

Philip Moon

Jose Delgado

Matt Medrano

Mr. President

Jack Scalia

Tatiana Williams

Paula Jai Parker

Armand Mehlman

Tom Sizemore

Brian Mehlman

Huntley Ritter

Norm

Arch Bonnema

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