The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964 film)

For the 1977 film, see The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Directed by Larry Buchanan
Produced by Larry Buchanan
Written by Larry Buchanan
Starring George Russell
George Edgley
Production
company
Falcon International
Release dates
 1964
Country United States
Language English

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald is a 1964 American film from Larry Buchanan. It is the first speculative trial drama to be produced about Lee Harvey Oswald only a few months after the assassination of John F. Kennedy along with the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald himself. The film was made in Dallas, and served as an idea of what the trial would have been like had it occurred, if Oswald hadn't been killed by Jack Ruby.[1] In the film, the prosecution asserts Oswald committed the crime due to his Marxist beliefs, while Oswald's attorney presents an insanity defense, claiming he suffered from untreated paranoid schizophrenia since adolescence. Since the viewer acts as a juror, no verdict is given.

Dallas criminal defense attorney Charles W. Tessmer appears after the film to summarize its contents.

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References

  1. ↑ The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald at New York Times

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