Pendulum

Pendulum

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 14, 1969

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.

Pendulum

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 14, 1969

Pendulum
On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Columbia Pictures, Pendulum Productions
Original title Pendulum
Directors George Schaefer
Writers Stanley Niss

Cast

George Peppard

as Capt. Frank Matthews

Jean Seberg

as Adele Matthews

Richard Kiley

as Woodrow Wilson King

Charles McGraw

as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

Madeleine Sherwood

as Mrs. Eileen Sanderson

Robert F. Lyons

as Paul Martin Sanderson

Frank Marth

as Lt. Smithson

Marj Dusay

as Liz Tennant

Paul McGrath

as Senator Augustus Cole

Stewart Moss

as Richard D'Angelo

Isabel Sanford

as Effie

Dana Elcar

as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton

Harry Lewis

as Brooks Elliott

Mildred Trares

as Mary Schumacher

Robin Raymond

as Myra

Phyllis Hill

as Mrs. Wilma Elliot

S. John Launer

as Judge Kinsella

Jock MacKelvie

as U.S. Attorney Grady Butler

Richard Guizon

as Deputy Marshall Jack Barnes

Jack Grimes

as Artie

Logan Ramsey

as Detective Jelinek

Douglas Henderson

as Detective Hanauer

Gene Boland

as Garland

Vince Flaherty

as Street Tough (uncredited)