Prince Jack

Prince Jack
1985 VHS Home Video box image
Directed byBert Lovitt
Written byBert Lovitt
Produced byJim Milio; Alain Silver, Patrick Regan (Associate Producers)
StarringRobert J. Hogan
James F. Kelly
Lloyd Nolan
Kenneth Mars
CinematographyHiro Narita
Music byElmer Bernstein
Distributed byCastle Hill Productions
Release date
  • December 1985 (1985-12)
Running time
100 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Radio Times[1]
Variety (magazine)No Score[2]

Prince Jack is a 1985 film from Castle Hill Productions which dramatizes some of the inner workings of the Kennedy administration, including efforts by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to address the issues arising from the Civil Rights Movement. Although primarily a dramatic narrative, Prince Jack also uses satire and black humor, especially with regard to the Kennedy brothers' complicated relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson.

Prince Jack covers the period from the Democratic National Convention in July 1960 to the autumn of 1963, just prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film was written and directed by Bert Lovitt.

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Notes

  • This was Jim Backus' last live project before his death.
  • James F. Kelly portrayed Robert F. Kennedy a total of seven times in different productions between 1981 and 1997. He also portrayed John F. Kennedy once.
  • Prince Jack was available on VHS, but it does not appear to have been released on DVD.

References

  1. ^ Turner, Adrian. "Prince Jack (1984)". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Prince Jack". Variety (magazine). 31 December 1983. Retrieved 29 November 2024.