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The Better Angels

The book The Better Angels was made into the movie Wrong Is Right.

Which one did you like better, the book or the movie?  There are 5 votes for the book, and 3 votes for the movie.

Book details for The Better Angels

The Better Angels was written by Charles McCarry. The book was published in 1979 by Signet. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

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Movie details for Wrong Is Right

The movie was released in 1982 and directed by Richard Brooks. Wrong Is Right was produced by Sony Pictures. More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com and also IMDb.

Actors on this movie include Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Hardy Krüger, Toby Hughes, G.D. Spradlin, Leslie Nielsen, Paul Lambert, Robert Webber, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dean Stockwell, Tony March, Rosalind Cash, Marianne Marks, Ron Moody, Keith McConnell and Cherie Michan.

 

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Actually, wrong is just wrong in this leaden spoof of media irresponsibility. Written and directed by Richard Brooks, this film is a sorry attempt to one-up the near-perfect Network. In this 1982 satire, Sean Connery plays a network correspondent who find... Read More
Actually, wrong is just wrong in this leaden spoof of media irresponsibility. Written and directed by Richard Brooks, this film is a sorry attempt to one-up the near-perfect Network. In this 1982 satire, Sean Connery plays a network correspondent who finds himself using and being used by terrorists, government officials, arms dealers, and the like while trying to scoop the competition. In some ways, this film looks positively prescient in its depiction of media ruthlessness, anticipating by more than a decade the rise of the kind of tabloid TV that has spread like a virus. But the writing is so flat that Connery barely escapes with his dignity, something that can't be said for a supporting cast of second-raters that includes Robert Conrad and John Saxon. --Marshall Fine