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Blood Feud (1983 Film)
''Blood Feud'' is a 1983 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television crime drama film centering on the conflict between Jimmy Hoffa and Robert F. Kennedy in an 11-year span from 1957 until Kennedy's assassination in 1968. The 210-minute film was directed by Mike Newell and written by Robert Boris. It stars Robert Blake as Hoffa and Cotter Smith as Kennedy with Danny Aiello and Brian Dennehy in supporting roles as union associates of Hoffa's. The television film was distributed by Operation Prime Time, a syndicated block of television programming offered to mostly American independent stations. Blake was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance as Hoffa. Plot It is the mid-1950s. Wealthy young Robert F. Kennedy is beginning to make a name for himself in Washington, D.C., as is his older brother John F. Kennedy, a United States senator from Massachusetts. Also on the rise is James R. Hoffa, an intensely dedicated member of the Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Boris
Robert Boris (October 12, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. Boris was nicknamed Double B by film producer Elliott Kastner. Awards Boris won the WGA Award for Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series for ''Blood Feud'' in 1984. UPI. Retrieved 2016-08-07. Filmography *''Birds of Prey (1973 film), Birds of Prey'' (with Rupert Hitzig) (1973) (TV) *''Electra Glide in Blue'' (with Rupert Hitzig) (1973) *''Some Kind of Hero'' (with James Kirkwood Jr.) (1982) *''Deadly Encounter'' (with David J. Kinghorn) (1982) (TV) *''Blood Feud (1983 film), Blood Feud'' (1983) (TV) *''Doctor Detroit'' (with Carl Gottlieb and Bruce Jay Friedman) (1983) *''Oxford Blues'' (1984) (also Director) *''Izzy and Moe'' (wit ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |