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Wikipedia article




'Running Against Time' is a 1990 time travel television film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Starring Robert Hays, Catherine Hicks, and Sam Wanamaker, it was directed by Bruce Seth Green and the last work written by Stanley Shapiro based on his 1986 novel 'A Time To Remember' (with Robert Glass as co-writer on the teleplay). Broadcast four months after Shapiro's death in Los Angeles, it was dedicated to his memory.

Plot



A college professor, who has not recovered after the death of his brother in Vietnam, hears rumors about a famous professor working on a time machine. He meets him and persuades the professor to send him back in time in order to stop the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Vietnam war, but things don't go according to plan.

Cast



* Robert Hays - David Rhodes

* Catherine Hicks - Laura Whittaker

* Sam Wanamaker - Hendryk Koopman, Ph.D.

* Wayne Tippit - FBI Agent Landry

* James DiStefano - Lee Harvey Oswald

* Paul Scherrer - Chris Rhodes

* Brian Smiar - President Lyndon B. Johnson

* Milt Tarver - FBI Agent Clemens

* Russ Marin - Chris's Doctor

* Julie Ariola - Mrs. Rhodes

* Duncan Gamble - Mr. Rhodes

* Damion Stevens - Young David

* Michael Whaley - Security Guard

Reception



Ken Tucker, writing for 'Entertainment Weekly' called the movie "simultaneously solemn and wacky" but "not without charm". 'The LA Times' compared it unfavorably to the 'Back to the Future' films.

Years later, the similarities and differences with Stephen King's novel '11/22/63' and its TV adaptation',' were referenced by critics.

References




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