The Execution Of Private Slovik
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lamont Johnson
Martin Sheen
Mariclare Costello
Ned Beatty
Gary Busey
Matt Clark
Film Details
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Synopsis
Martin Sheen received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War, going to the firing squad in 1945. The film, Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Drama of the 1973-74 season, is a dramatization of William Bradford Huie's controversial 1954 book which, several years after publication, Frank Sinatra had acquired and planned to film, using a screen adaptation by Albert Maltz, one of Hollywood's "unfriendly ten." Sinatra was later pressured by various groups to drop Maltz; instead he completely abandoned the project. For the TV production, Emmy Award nominations also were given to director Lamont Johnson, writers Levinson and Link, art director Walter Tyler and editor Frank Morriss (who won).
Director
Lamont Johnson
Cast
Martin Sheen
Mariclare Costello
Ned Beatty
Gary Busey
Matt Clark
Ben Hammer
Warren Kemmerling
Charles Haid
Kathryn Grody
Paul Lambert
Jon Cedar
Joseph George
Laurence Haddon
James-burr Johnson
Tom Ligon
Bill Mckinney
Paul Shenar
George Sperdakos
William Traylor
Sandy Ward
Crew
Richard Belding
Wilmer Butler
Richard Dubelman
James Fargo
Richard Friedman
William Bradford Huie
John Kean
Richard Levinson
Richard Levinson
William Link
William Link
Hal Mooney
Frank Morriss
Don Roberts
Walter Tyler
Charles Waldo
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 1988
Aired in United States March 13, 1974
Released in United States on Video June 29, 1994
