
The Revolutionary
The Revolutionary is a 1970 American political drama film directed by Paul Williams. The screenplay was written by Hans Koning (credited as Hans Koningsberger), based on his novel of the same name. It was the film debut for actor Jeffrey Jones.
Plot
In a placeless locale much like the United States in an unspecified time much like the late 1960s, a university student called "A" becomes increasingly radicalized as he believes the campus leftist organization of which he is a member is not militant enough. The dean of the university suspends him for his political activities and his girlfriend Anne dumps him. He joins a Marxist group headed by Despard, a working class factory worker who is fomenting a general strike. The general strike fails and A goes underground as government agents crackdown on radicals.
More details
author | Hans Koning |
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director | Paul Williams |
editor | Henry Richardson |
genre | drama political |
keywords | draft factory factory worker government agents hide locale meet working class |
musicBy | Michael Small |
producer | Edward R. Pressman |
publisher | United Artists |
theme | independent war |