The Internecine Project

The Internecine Project

Who will be alive when the hands stop?

PG 1974 · 89 min · ★ 6.0 · Thriller, Drama

Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.

Directed by Ken Hughes · Written by Barry Levinson

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