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Pendulum is a 1969 American neo noir crime thriller film directed by George Schaefer and starring George Peppard, Jean Seberg and Richard Kiley. [1] Plot. In Washington, D.C., police captain Frank Matthews's career is on the rise, having just been appointed consultant for a powerful U.S. senator. His domestic life, however, is questionable.
Pendulum: Directed by George Schaefer. With George Peppard, Jean Seberg, Richard Kiley, Charles McGraw. When police captain Frank Matthews is accused of murdering his adulterous wife and her lover he avoids arrest and sets out to find the killer.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- George Schaefer
- 1969-02-14
Pendulum. ‧ 1969. Roger Ebert. February 10, 1969. 3 min read. I guess “Pendulum” qualifies as the first lawnorder movie; a vicious killer-rapist is sprung on a technicality by the Supreme Court, and then we get a 90-minute sermon against coddling criminals.
After securing the conviction of rapist-murderer Paul Sanderson, Washington, D. C., Police Captain Frank Matthews is awarded a medal of honor and granted a leave of absence to serve on a Senate subcommittee studying law and order.
Capt. Frank Matthews (George Peppard) made his career catching rapist and murderer Paul Sanderson (Robert F. Lyons). But his victory lap is cut short when Sanderson's death sentence is overturned...
- George Schaefer
- Mystery & Thriller
- George Peppard
During location filming in Washington, DC, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The resulting riots in the capital caused the shooting company to wrap early and return to Los Angeles. Visible in the rear window of the cab during Jean Seberg's ride through the city, buildings are burning and smoke is obvious.
Written by the film’s producer, Stanley Niss (FBI CODE 98), PENDULUM casts Peppard as an uptight cop furious at a legal system that allows a convicted murderer (Robert F. Lyons) to go free on a technicality. However, when Peppard is arrested for the murders of his wife (Jean Seberg) and…
