Absolute Power (1997)

121 min · Heist, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, political thriller film

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Directors

Clint Eastwood

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Judy Davis, Dennis Haysbert, E.G. Marshall, Alison Eastwood, Melora Hardin

The story

In Washington, D.C., master thief Luther Whitney breaks into the mansion of billionaire Walter Sullivan. He is forced to hide upon the arrival of Sullivan's wife Christy, on a drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond, the President of the United States. Hidden behind the bedroom vault's one-way mirror, Luther watches as Richmond becomes sexually violent; Christy, in self-defense, wounds his arm with a letter opener.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Alarm System, Apartment House, Assassin, Assassination, Bad Father, Break-in, Car Crash, Chair, Chamber, Corruption, Daughter, Ehefrau, Ermordung, Fake Friend, Familienstreit, Family Reunion, Father Figure, Friendship, Gefängnis, Gelddieb, Glass wall, Government, Hospital, Housebreaking, Intensive Care, Joggen, Leibwächter, Leiche verstecken, Liebesspiele, Marriage, Master Thief, Murder of Wife, Observer, Photo, Polizeibeamter, PotUS, President, Rach, Rape, Raub, Refrigerator, Safety, Security Guard, Star as Director, Syringe, US Geheimdienst, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Washington D.C., White House, Widowed, vater, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Drama, Suspense, Political thriller, Crime Thriller, Political drama

Genres

Heist, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, political thriller film

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