
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Overview
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
Top Cast


Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Stalin
Melvyn Douglas
Stalin


Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach
Poskrebyshev
Eli Wallach
Poskrebyshev


Oskar Homolka
Oskar Homolka
Khrushchev
Oskar Homolka
Khrushchev


E.G. Marshall
E.G. Marshall
Beria
E.G. Marshall
Beria


Luther Adler
Luther Adler
Molotov
Luther Adler
Molotov


Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Malenkov
Thomas Gomez
Malenkov


Marian Seldes
Marian Seldes
Mme. Molotov
Marian Seldes
Mme. Molotov


Lawrence Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin
Shtemenko
Lawrence Dobkin
Shtemenko


Bert Freed
Bert Freed
Sokolovsky
Bert Freed
Sokolovsky


David J. Stewart
David J. Stewart
Ignatiev
David J. Stewart
Ignatiev
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