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A police captain is falsely accused of killing his wife and her lover and escapes to find the real killer. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this movie.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- George Schaefer
- 1969-02-14
Pendulum is a 1969 American neo noir crime thriller film directed by George Schaefer and starring George Peppard, Jean Seberg and Richard Kiley. [1] Plot. In Washington, D.C., police captain Frank Matthews's career is on the rise, having just been appointed consultant for a powerful U.S. senator. His domestic life, however, is questionable.
- Stanley Niss
- George Schaefer
- Stanley Niss
A cop is accused of killing his wife and lover by a psychopathic killer, and a liberal lawyer defends him with a technicality. The movie is a 90-minute sermon against coddling criminals and a fascist attack on the rights of the accused. Roger Ebert calls it a "vicious killer-rapist" and a "dreary exercise" with a "stereotyped Negro maid".
Summaries. When police captain Frank Matthews is accused of murdering his adulterous wife and her lover he avoids arrest and sets out to find the killer. On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the ...
Watch Pendulum with a subscription on Prime Video. Capt. Frank Matthews (George Peppard) made his career catching rapist and murderer Paul Sanderson (Robert F. Lyons). But his victory lap is cut...
- George Schaefer
- Pendulum Productions
- George Peppard
- March 21, 1969
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Film Details. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A decorated police captain soon finds the tables turned on him when he's accused of murdering his wife. Cast & Crew. Read More. George Schaefer. Director. George Peppard. Capt. Frank Matthews. Jean Seberg. Adele Matthews. Richard Kiley. Woodrow Wilson King. Charles Mcgraw. Deputy Chief Hildebrand.