The Execution

The Execution

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 14, 1985

The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the camp who performed experiments on them as young girls. To their horror they learn that he has already been tried as a war criminal and has served but a few years for his crimes. They decide that they will "execute" him, drawing lots to determine which one will perform the act, without letting the others know who it is.

The Execution

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 14, 1985

The Execution
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the camp who performed experiments on them as young girls. To their horror they learn that he has already been tried as a war criminal and has served but a few years for his crimes. They decide that they will "execute" him, drawing lots to determine which one will perform the act, without letting the others know who it is.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Comworld Productions, Newland/Raynor Productions Inc.
Original title The Execution
Directors Paul Wendkos
Writers Oliver Crawford, William Wood

Cast

Loretta Swit

as Marysia Walenka

Rip Torn

as Wilheim Gehbert

Jessica Walter

as Gertrude Simon

Barbara Barrie

as Sophie Langbein

Sandy Dennis

as Elsa Spahn

Valerie Harper

as Hannah Epstein

Martin E. Brooks

as Martin Renner

Michael Lerner

as Sidney Ferraro

Allan Miller

as Ted Simon

Alan Oppenheimer

as Max Langbein

John Randolph

as Judge

Peter White

as Gil Spahn

Robert Hooks

as Alton Reese

R.J. Adams

as Investigative Reporter

Cynthia Lea Clark

as Waitress

Avshalom Katz

as Cantor