Executive Decision
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Cast & Crew
Stuart Baird
Kurt Russell
Halle Berry
Steven Seagal
Marla Maples
John Leguizamo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Terrorists hijack a 747 carrying 400 passengers, and everyone involved mistakingly thinks the passengers are going to be bartered for the terrorist group's imprisoned leader. However, an American intelligence analyst and expert in terrorism believes that their plan is to launch a nerve gas attack on Washington DC. The President's Crisis Management Team must then choose between ignoring the agent's nerve gas theory and allowing the plane clearance to land in the Capitol, or destroying the plane and sacrificing its 400 passengers. A Special Forces leader, however, has a different solution--to secretly board the 747 using an experimental aircraft.
Cast
Kurt Russell
Halle Berry
Steven Seagal
Marla Maples
John Leguizamo
Oliver Platt
Will Schaub
Chris Maher
Marianne Muellerleile
Lance August
Edmond Brown
Andreas Katsulas
B.d. Wong
Len Cariou
Joe Morton
Paul Collins
Dey Young
Jayne Walter
Maggie Egan
Ray Baker
Sunni Boswell
Warren Munson
Michelle Boudreau
Gregg Artz
Nicholas Pryor
Don Fischer
Eugene Roche
Joey Naber
Robert Apisa
Mary Ellen Trainor
Majed Ibrahim
Granville Hatcher
Robert Londberg
J.t. Walsh
Ingo Neuhaus
David Birznieks
Jon Huertas
James Victor
Shaun Toub
Yvonne Zima
Paul Bollen
Ahmed Ahmed
Levani Ilia Volokh
William James Jones
John Rixey Moore
Stanley Grover
Joe Cook
Charles Hallahan
Blair Valk
Richard Riehle
Ken Jenkins
Julie Wright
Juan Fernandez
Whip Hubley
Michael Milhoan
Jay Tavare
Kurt Kohler
Joseph Makkar
Damon Lee
Todd Jeffries
Brad Blaisdell
David Suchet
Nick Jameson
Tim Kelleher
Crew
Fighter Squadron 101
Fighter Squadron 41
Fighter Squadron 84
Mimi Abers
Joseph Neeko Abriol
Art Adams
Daril Alder
Dick Alexander
Annette Andreozzi
Pete Antico
Audrey Anzures
Larry Aube
Maryellen Aviano-roberts
Maryellen Aviano-roberts
Sayed Badreya
Stuart Baird
Keith Banks
David E Baron
Stuart Barter
Bobby Bass
Donna Battersby
Suzanne Beasley
Bobby Bell
Chuck Bemis
Antonio Betancourt
Chino Binamo
Kathryn Blondell
Brad Blondheim
Paul Borne
Debbi Bossi
Bruce Botnick
Mark D Boyle
Derek G Brechin
Michael W Brennan
Ron Brown
Joe Bucaro
Don Burgess
Scott Burrow
Mary Burton
Michael B Butler
Jeanne Byrd
David E Campbell
Patrick Capone
Michael Caracciolo
William Carruth
John Casino
John Cazin
Christopher Cenatiempo
John Cenatiempo
Rick Chavez
Dan Cloyd
David B Cohn
John T Connor
Michael Coo
Virginia Cook-mcgowan
Jennifer Corey
Glenn Richard Cote
Alexander Courage
Ivan A Craig
William M Cruse
Samuel C Crutcher
Kerrie Cullen
Max Daniels
Vern Dautenhan
Thomas A Davila
Victoria Dekay
Barry Delaney
Albert Delgado
Mark S Derosa
Kim Derry
Greg Dillon
Tom Doherty
Peter Donen
Bruce Donnellan
Eddy Donno
Miller Drake
Craig Dunn
Paddy Eason
Kiante Elam
Ousaun Elam
Steven Eliopoulos
Kevin Elridge
Kenny Endoso
Tony Epper
Andy Evans
Peter Farber
Jon Baronn Farmer
John Paul Fasal
Michael Fauntleroy
Liz Lang Fedrick
Karyn Fields
William E Fitch
Jim Flynn
Ian Fox
Spencer Franklin
Les Fresholtz
Louise Frogley
Alex Funke
Alex Funke
Gil Gagnon
Sara Gardiner Gail
Mitzi Gallagher
Joe Gareri
Tony Gaudioz
Christopher George
Scottie Gissel
Nancy Goeppinger
Jerry Goldsmith
Henry Gonzales
Eric Gotthelf
Michael Green
Neil Greenberg
Romaine Greene
Rhonda Gunner
Randy Gunter
Paul John Haggar
Darrell Hall
Kenneth Hall
David Hardberger
Jerelyn J Harding
John Hardy
Tom Harper
Grover Helsley
Gregory D Hemstreet
Robert G Henderson
Mo Henry
Fabrice Henssens
John Hinkle
Christer Hokanson
Doug Holgate
Frank Holgate
Frank Holgate
Richard Hollander
Billy Hank Hooker
Buddy Joe Hooker
Denise Horta
David L Horton
David M Horton
Oliver Hudson
Kent Hughes
Melanie Hughes-weaver
Victor Ivanov
Scott Janush
Jennifer Jew
Adam Johnson
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Jack Johnson
William C Jones
Robert Kaiser
Scott Kaye
Clark King
Robert E King
William R King
Henry Kingi
Henry M. Kingi Jr.
Michael Klimchak
Craig Kohtala
Leslie J Kovacs
Brad Kuehn
Zoraida Sanjurjo L=pez
Sam Lafata
John Lafauce
Ernest H Lauterio
Will Leong
Dennis Liddiard
Danny Lopez
Chris Loudon
Greg Lundsgaard
Greg Lundsgaard
Lea Ann Lynch
Annie Mahlik
William L Manger
Dean G Manly
David Clarence Mann
Marvin March
Amy Marks
Terence Marsh
Spencer Martin
Michael Martinez
Courtenay Marvin
Frank Masi
Thomas D Mccollum
Grant Mccune
Dentis Mcdaniel
John Mcgowan
Michael P. Mcgowan
Kerry Lyn Mckissick
Cole Mclarty
Gary Mclarty
Gregory L Mcmurry
Benny Mcnulty
John C. Meier
Bill Meshover
Jennifer Meyer
Dennis Michelson
Larissa Michieli
Sacha Milito
Sebastian Milito
Derrick Mitchell
Paul Moen
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Eugene Roche (1928-2004)
Born on September 22, 1928, in Boston, Massachusettes, Roche began his career when he was still in High School, doing voice characterization on radio in his native Boston. After he graduated, he served in the Army, then studied drama on the G.I. bill at Emerson College. Concentrating on acting, he found much stage work in San Francisco in the early `50s, then headed for New York in the early `60s and began appearing on televison (Naked City, Route 66) and on Broadway.
It wasn't until he was in his forties did Roche began to get really good parts. His open, friendly face and stocky build made him the ideal choice to play the likable POW, Edgar Derby in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. His role as Edgar who saves an intact porcelain figurine from the ruins of Dresden only to be executed by his German captors for looting, may have been brief, but it was instantly memorable. Fine roles continued to come his way in films throughout the decade, the highlights included: They Might Be Giants (1971), Mr. Ricco (1975), The Late Show (1977), Corvette Summer (a deft comic performance as a high school auto shop teacher who is secretly running a car theft ring), and Foul Play (both 1978).
Yet, it would be on television where Roche would find lasting success. He became a household face when, as Squeaky Clean, he became the spokesman for Ajax household cleaner. Then he struck gold in sitcoms: Archie Bunker's practical joking nemesis, Pinky Peterson on All in the Family (1976-78), the madly romantic attorney, Ronald Mallu on Soap (1978-81), and the lovable landlord Bill Parker on Webster (1984-86).
Roche is survived by his wife, Anntoni; his brother, John; his sister, Clara Hewes; nine children, one of which, a son Eamonn, is a successful working actor; and nine grandchildren.
by Michael T. Toole
Eugene Roche (1928-2004)
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Released in United States Spring March 15, 1996
Released in United States on Video August 6, 1996
Kurt Russell reportedly received $7 million for this film.
Halle Berry reportedly received $1 million for this film.
Feature directorial debut for editor and second-unit director Stuart Baird.
Kurt Russell reportedly received $7 million for this film.
Halle Berry reportedly received $1 million for this film.
Began shooting June 19, 1995.
Completed shooting October 17, 1995.
Released in United States Spring March 15, 1996
Released in United States on Video August 6, 1996