‘The Trial of Oswald’

Press, 3 October 1979, Page 17

‘The Trial of Oswald’

If Lee Harvey Oswald had lived to stand trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, would he have been found guilty or innocent? The answer to this question is sought in “The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald” a four-hour motion picture for television screening in two parts, starting tonight on Television One and concluding tomorrow. The controversy that has surrounded the assassination of John F. Kennedy and has haunted America for the last 16 years is explored in this film through a look at the bizarre life of Lee Harvey Oswald and the events that led up to the day of the shooting in Dallas, Texas. Oswald's intense relationship with his mother, his many trips to Russia, his marriage to Russianborn Marina and his involvement in both the pro

and anti-Castro movement are all depicted. Shot on location in Dallas, the film does not end with the shooting of Oswald by Jack Ruby; it imaginatively continues with Oswald's imprisonment and eventual trial. Various conspiracy theories are also examined, including possible involvement of the F. 8.1., C.I.A. and organised crime. Starring in “The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald” are Ben Gazzara as Anson “Kip” Roberts, the prosecuting attorney, and Lorne Green as Matthew Arnold Weldon, the patrician and establishment defense attorney; and in their first starring roles are John Pleshette and Mo Malone as Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina Oswald. Robert E. Thompson, the award winning screenwriter of “A Case Of Rape" and the feature film “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?” wrote the script and says: “It was the most difficult thing I’ve ever written.”

Judy Geeson (above) as Susan Gillespie in “Danger UXB,” tonight on SPIV. Brian Ash and his section are sent to a small town to deal with the German's latest weapon, butterfly bombs, which are dropped in containers and j released in mid-air, arming [ themselves by rotating

their wings. The Germans have designed the bombs so they cannot be defused. Brian (Anthony Andrews) has the almost impossible task of finding the hundreds of bombs which have been dropped on the town so they can be detonated before they cause any more serious damage.