
Overview
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
Top Cast

Melvyn Douglas
Stalin

Eli Wallach
Poskrebyshev

Oskar Homolka
Khrushchev

E.G. Marshall
Beria

Luther Adler
Molotov

Thomas Gomez
Malenkov

Marian Seldes
Mme. Molotov

Lawrence Dobkin
Shtemenko

Bert Freed
Sokolovsky

David J. Stewart
Ignatiev

Paul Bryar
Zhukhov

Paul Lambert
Rassine
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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