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The Domino Principle ()

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A Vietnam War veteran who's been imprisoned for murder is offered freedom if he agrees to commit a contract killing for a shady organization.
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Tucker
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Ellie
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Tagge
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Spiventa
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Ross Pine
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General Tom Reser
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Ditcher
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Gaddis
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Captain Ruiz
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Bowkemp (as Joseph Perry)
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Schnaible
Claire Brennen ...
Ruby (as Claire Brennan)
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Henemyer
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Brookshire
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Murdock
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Lenny (as Jim Gavin)
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Mrs. Schnaible
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Bank Official
Patricia Luke ...
Travel Woman
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Harley
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Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Newscaster on TV in Hotel Room (uncredited)
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Newscaster on TV in Club (uncredited)
Bob Courts ...
Organization Member (uncredited)
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Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Lefty (uncredited)
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Nebraska (uncredited)
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Cab Driver (uncredited)
George Sawaya ...
Assassination Victim (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stanley Kramer

Written by

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Adam Kennedy ... (novel)
 
Adam Kennedy ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Stanley Kramer ... producer
Terry Morse Jr. ... associate producer
Martin Starger ... executive producer

Music by

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Billy Goldenberg

Cinematography by

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Fred J. Koenekamp ... director of photography (as Fred Koenenkamp)
Ernest Laszlo ... director of photography

Editing by

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John F. Burnett

Editorial Department

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Robert James Kern ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Michael A. Stevenson ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Jack Baur

Production Design by

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William J. Creber

Art Direction by

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Ron Hobbs

Set Decoration by

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Raphael Bretton

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Rita Riggs

Makeup Department

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Del Armstrong ... makeup artist
Lynn Del Kail ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Michael S. Glick ... production manager
Terry Morse Jr. ... unit production manager
Tom Shaw ... executive production manager

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Michael S. Glick ... assistant director
Craig Huston ... second assistant director

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Pat O'Connor ... property master
Hendrik Wynands ... construction coordinator
Wayne Fisher ... leadman (uncredited)
Nikita Knatz ... set illustrator (uncredited)
Jack Mann ... assistant props (uncredited)
Andy Szolosi ... set designer (uncredited)
Robert Tanenbaum ... movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Gene Eliot ... head sound effects editor
Michael Galloway ... sound transfer
Bernard F. Pincus ... sound effects editor
Richard Portman ... sound re-recordist
David M. Ronne ... sound

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Phil Cory ... special effects
Cliff Wenger ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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John Hudkins ... stunt coordinator
Larry Holt ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Thomas Laughridge ... camera operator
Donald M. Morgan ... aerial photographer
John Murray ... key grip
Gene Stout ... chief electrician
Bob Apger ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Edward Morey III ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Mel Traxel ... still photographer (uncredited)
Terry Wooley ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Bill Young ... crab dolly (uncredited)

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Laurie Riley ... costumer

Music Department

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Else Blangsted ... music editor
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marshall Schlom ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Wayne Roberts ... transportation captain (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Barry Cherin ... publicist
Wayne Fitzgerald ... title designer
James W. Gavin ... aerial coordinator (as Jim Gavin)
Lew Grade ... presenter (as Sir Lew Grade)
Mario Iscovich ... production coordinator
Edson C. Kurose ... production coordinator
Richard Hackman ... production assistant (uncredited)
Janet Healy ... production assistant (uncredited)
Elton MacPherson ... auditor (uncredited)
David Oliver Pfeil ... title cinematographer (uncredited)
Fran Roy ... production secretary (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in prison for murder, he has hit rock-bottom. But one day a man in a three-piece suit visits him in prison, a man he has never seen before, and informs him that he can walk out of prison a free man if he will shoot someone for them, no questions asked. Written by Strelnikoff

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Taglines Trust no one. No one. See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Domino Killings (United Kingdom)
  • La théorie des dominos (France)
  • Das Domino Komplott (Germany)
  • Das Domino Prinzip (Germany)
  • Die Domino Verschwörung (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 100 min
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Budget $6,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Gene Hackman was not proud of his performance in the film, and admitted that he only took the role for the money. See more »
Goofs The bread truck carrying Tucker and Spiventa is shown driving across the Golden Gate Bridge in the southbound direction from Marin County to San Francisco. However, the very next scene in which the prisoners are escorted out of the truck clearly takes place under the roadway back on the Marin side of the bridge. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in The Manipulators (1977). See more »
Soundtracks Some Day Soon See more »
Quotes Tucker: Tell me one thing
Tagge: Go ahead
Tucker: Is it over?
Tagge: I don't know. The bigger the stink, the more there is to cover up. And the man who worries the most is the man who gave the original order. If he panics, the dominoes start to fall.
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