The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Directed by
Niels Mueller
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
The story
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
Cast
Sean PennSamuel Bicke
Don CheadleBonny Simmons
Jack ThompsonJack Jones
Mykelti WilliamsonHarold Mann
Michael WincottJulius Bicke
Naomi WattsMarie Bicke
Nick SearcyTom Ford
Brad William HenkeMartin Jones
Tracy MiddendorfBusinesswoman
Lily KnightReceptionist
April GraceMae Simmons
Jared DorranceSammy Jr.
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Jenna MiltonEllen
Mariah MassaJulie
Eileen RyanMarie's Mother
Derek GreeneJoey Simmons
Joe MarinelliMel Samuels
Robert Kenneth CooperIrate Driver
Kenneth WhiteCustomer #1
Brett RickabyCustomer #2
James Morrison ReeseCustomer #3
Frank Brown Jr.Customer #4
James CarrawayCustomer #5
Jay JacobusCustomer #6
J.C. MacKenzieCo-Pilot
Kathryn HowellHostage
Denise Balthrop CassidyBank Teller
Gary L. MackSecurity Man
Melissa SaltzmanBoarding Agent
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
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