Evening in Byzantium

Aug 14, 1978

3h 20m

★ 0.0

Overview

While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about a terrorist plot. Before long, Craig becomes concerned that a shocking act of real-life terrorism already may be underway. Meanwhile, radical actor Bret Easton works in cahoots with a group of extremists to coordinate the hijacking of a trio of passenger planes in a devastating, multi-city nuclear attack.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

Glen A. Larson Productions

Universal Television

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Cast

Jesse Craig

Glenn Ford

Brian Murphy

Eddie Albert

Bret Easton

Vince Edwards

Ian Waldeigh

Patrick Macnee

Fabricio

Gregory Sierra

Jerry Olson

Harry Guardino

Walter Klein

Simon Oakland

Danny

Michael Cole

Sonia Murphy

Gloria DeHaven

Insp. Le Dioux

Marcel Hillaire

Len Birman

Roger Tory

George Lazenby

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