The Execution (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.
Director: Paul Wendkos
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Loretta Swit as Marysia Walenka |
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Rip Torn as Wilheim Gehbert |
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Jessica Walter as Gertrude Simon |
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Barbara Barrie as Sophie Langbein |
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Sandy Dennis as Elsa Spahn |
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Valerie Harper as Hannah Epstein |
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Martin E. Brooks as Martin Renner |
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Michael Lerner as Sidney Ferraro |
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Allan Miller as Ted Simon |
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Alan Oppenheimer as Max Langbein |
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John Randolph as Judge |
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Peter White as Gil Spahn |
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Robert Hooks as Alton Reese |
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Rita Zohar as |
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Jered Barclay as |
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Michael Kearns as |
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R.J. Adams as Investigative Reporter |
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Barbara Beckley as |
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Bill Dearth as |
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Burke Denis as |
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Ariane Gogny as |
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Jeanne Dougherty as |
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Cynthia Lea Clark as Waitress |
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Avshalom Katz as Cantor |
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Catherine Schreiber as |
| Writing | William Wood | Writer |
| Writing | Oliver Crawford | Writer |
| Directing | Paul Wendkos | Director |
| Art | Ethel Robins Richards | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Kessler | Costume Design |
| Production | John Newland | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Oliver Crawford | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Austin | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Steven Cohen | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mina Mittelman | Costume Design |
| Production | Oliver Crawford | Producer |
| Production | Milton T. Raynor | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Don Sheldon | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Michael D. Margulies | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jack Senter | Art Direction |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |