U.S. Marine Colonel Lyle MacArthur "Mac" Casey discovers an apparent plan by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General R. Pendleton Lloyd and Secretary of Defense Charles Potter to remove President William Foster from office and replace him with Vice President Walter Kelly, who they feel would be more willing to do their bidding.
Casey and Foster desperately seek evidence before the coup occurs. They encounter a setback when Attorney General Arthur Daniels (who has told Potter about his misgivings about the constitutionality of the plan) is murdered. Casey contacts long time acquaintance Betsy Corcoran, who is Foster's Chief of Staff, and is able to secretly bring his concerns to Foster.
With only a few days left until the coup, Casey receives unexpected support from "Jake", a Russian operative able to supply the kind of satellite and photographic proof that Foster cannot risk requesting of anyone in the compromised US intelligence community. When Jake provides access to Sarah McCann, secretary to the murdered Daniels and secretly a Russian agent, Lloyd's operatives assassinate her.
When all else fails, with troops deployed in 12 major cities and Lloyd and Potter in the Oval Office demanding Foster's resignation, Casey advises that he will confess to being part of their conspiracy (having uncovered enough information to sound legitimate in his so-called confession), denying the true conspirators any chance of claiming that they have acted within the Constitution.
Lloyd resigns, and Foster tells Potter that he and that other conspirators will simply resign in stages over the coming year, in order to prevent knowledge of, and a panic regarding, their treasonous acts.
enemy, within, 1994, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, enemy, within, 1994, film, news, newspape. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Enemy Within 1994 film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message The Enemy Within is a 1994 American political thriller television film directed by Jonathan Darby and written by Darryl Ponicsan and Ronald Bass It is a remake of the 1964 film Seven Days in May itself based on a 1962 novel and stars Forest Whitaker Jason Robards Jr Dana Delany and Sam Waterston 1 The film involves a planned military coup to overthrow the President of the United States The television film remake was originally announced in 1984 while producer Peter Douglas son of Kirk Douglas star of the original film worked for his father s film production company The Bryna Company which had produced Seven Days in May 2 The film took ten years to develop and was finally produced in 1994 through Peter Douglas own film production company Vincent Pictures 2 It aired on HBO on August 20 1994 The Enemy WithinGenreThrillerBased onSeven Days in Mayby Rod Serling Seven Days in Mayby Fletcher KnebelCharles W Bailey IIScreenplay byDarryl PonicsanRon BassDirected byJonathan DarbyStarringForest Whitaker Sam Waterston Dana Delany Jason Robards Josef Sommer Dakin Matthews William O LearyMusic byJoe DeliaCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producerPeter DouglasProducerRobert A PapazianCinematographyKees Van OostrumEditorPeter ZinnerRunning time86 minutesProduction companiesHBO Pictures Papazian Hirsch Entertainment International Vincent PicturesOriginal releaseNetworkHBOReleaseAugust 20 1994 1994 08 20 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 References 4 External linksPlot summary editU S Marine Colonel Lyle MacArthur Mac Casey discovers an apparent plan by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General R Pendleton Lloyd and Secretary of Defense Charles Potter to remove President William Foster from office and replace him with Vice President Walter Kelly who they feel would be more willing to do their bidding Casey and Foster desperately seek evidence before the coup occurs They encounter a setback when Attorney General Arthur Daniels who has told Potter about his misgivings about the constitutionality of the plan is murdered Casey contacts long time acquaintance Betsy Corcoran who is Foster s Chief of Staff and is able to secretly bring his concerns to Foster With only a few days left until the coup Casey receives unexpected support from Jake a Russian operative able to supply the kind of satellite and photographic proof that Foster cannot risk requesting of anyone in the compromised US intelligence community When Jake provides access to Sarah McCann secretary to the murdered Daniels and secretly a Russian agent Lloyd s operatives assassinate her When all else fails with troops deployed in 12 major cities and Lloyd and Potter in the Oval Office demanding Foster s resignation Casey advises that he will confess to being part of their conspiracy having uncovered enough information to sound legitimate in his so called confession denying the true conspirators any chance of claiming that they have acted within the Constitution Lloyd resigns and Foster tells Potter that he and that other conspirators will simply resign in stages over the coming year in order to prevent knowledge of and a panic regarding their treasonous acts Cast editForest Whitaker as Col Lyle MacArthur Mac Casey Sam Waterston as President William Foster Dana Delany as Betsy Corcoran Jason Robards as General R Pendleton Lloyd Josef Sommer as Defense Secretary Charles Potter George Dzundza as Jake Isabel Glasser as Sarah McCann Dakin Matthews as Vice President Walter Kelly William O Leary as Lt William Dorsett Lisa Summerour as Jean CaseyReferences edit The Enemy Within TCM database Turner Classic Movies Retrieved February 25 2016 a b unknown 1984 08 02 not available Los Angeles Times p 82 Retrieved 2021 06 23 via Newspapers com External links editThe Enemy Within at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to an American television thriller film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Enemy Within 1994 film amp oldid 1219811007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
