Evening in Byzantium

200 minutes

8/14/1978

Overview

While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about a terrorist plot. Before long, Craig becomes concerned that a shocking act of real-life terrorism already may be underway. Meanwhile, radical actor Bret Easton works in cahoots with a group of extremists to coordinate the hijacking of a trio of passenger planes in a devastating, multi-city nuclear attack.

Cast List

Glenn Ford
as Jesse Craig
Eddie Albert
as Brian Murphy
Vince Edwards
as Bret Easton
Patrick Macnee
as Ian Waldeigh
Gregory Sierra
as Fabricio
Harry Guardino
as Jerry Olson
Simon Oakland
as Walter Klein
Michael Cole
as Danny
Gloria DeHaven
as Sonia Murphy
Marcel Hillaire
as Insp. Le Dioux
Len Birman
as Len Birman
George Lazenby
as Roger Tory
Erin Gray
as Gail McKinnon
Shirley Jones
as Constance Dobson
Christian Marquand
as Insp. DuBois
Lee Bergere
as Monsieur Carroll
James Booth
as Jack Conrad
Cynthia Ford
as Penny Craig
Anthony Costello
as John Macklin
William Dozier
as William Bast
Nick Dyrenforth
as Sen. Kennedy
George Skaff
as Moustapha Kamel
Sid Haig
as Asted
Ben Frommer
as Sine
Chris Winfield
as Michael Ruddy
Carol Baxter
as Sybil
Edward James Olmos
as Angelo
Byron Morrow
as Judge
Janice Lynde
as Young Girl at Palais
Walt Davis
as 2nd Controller
Larry Watson
as 3rd Controller
Paul Verdier
as Francois Simon
Duncan Gamble
as Flight Captain
Katherine Hopkins Nicholas
as Blonde
Susan Woollen
as Stewardess
Randy Kirby
as Pilot
Chuck Wassil
as The Man
Doug Hale
as Pilot
Gavin Mooney
as 1st Controller
Ken Del Conte
as Reporter
Nate Roth
as Newscaster
Michael Papo
as Technician