Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

Name: Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Released: 1971-12-31
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Woody Allen, Reed Hadley, Diane Keaton, Louise Lasser, David Ackroyd

1971·Comedy·25m

7.1

★

Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power behind the president. This short was produced as a television special for PBS in 1971 and was scheduled to air in February 1972, but it was pulled from the schedule shortly before its airdate as PBS officials reportedly feared it might adversely affect their government funding. The special never aired, but it can now be viewed in The Paley Center for Media and has been widely bootlegged online.

Directed by Woody Allen

government

mockumentary

political satire

short film

never released

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Woody Allen

Harvey Wallinger

Reed Hadley

Narrator

Diane Keaton

Renata Wallinger

Louise Lasser

Wallinger's Girlfriend

David Ackroyd

Conrad Bain

Jean De Baer

Dan Frazer

Lee Wallace

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Graham Jarvis

Tom Rosqui

Crew

Woody Allen

Director

Woody Allen

Writer

Charles H. Joffe

Executive Producer

Popular Reviews

7 reviews

Sergio

4.4★ · 06/05/25

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

“his father, J Herbert Wallinger, a grocerer, dies in childbirth. his mother, Anna Cheswick, is a newspaper woman who has an affair with mussolini until she discovers he’s Italian”

Gianni

amazing that this was made before watergate

Gojira

7.0★ · 01/24/18

Kein wirklich großes Werk, aber eine schöne kleine Mockumentary die den Humor von TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN mit etwas Satire mixt. Wenn ich die reinen Humorwerke von Allen sehe find ich es fast richtig schade, dass er das später nicht mehr machte, sein Humor war wirklich von schöner Absurdität.

Kann man sich auch heute noch geben, so lang geht der Film ja nicht.

Ber

10.0★ · 02/12/24

Manere

7.0★ · 04/05/20