The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Romance
War
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.
Cast
Melvyn Douglas
Stalin
Eli Wallach
Poskrebyshev
Oskar Homolka
Khrushchev
E.G. Marshall
Beria
Luther Adler
Molotov
Thomas Gomez
Malenkov
Marian Seldes
Mme. Molotov
Lawrence Dobkin
Shtemenko
Bert Freed
Sokolovsky
David J. Stewart
Ignatiev
Directors
Delbert Mann
