Prince Jack

Prince Jack
1985 VHS Home Video box image
Directed by	Bert Lovitt
Written by	Bert Lovitt
Starring	Robert J. Hogan James F. Kelly Lloyd Nolan Kenneth Mars
Cinematography	Hiro Narita
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Distributed by	Castle Hill Productions
Release date	December 1985
Running time	100 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Prince Jack is a 1985 film from Castle Hill Productions which dramatizes some of the inner workings of the Kennedy administration, including efforts by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to address the issue of civil rights. Although primarily a dramatic narrative, Prince Jack also uses satire and black humor, especially with regard to the Kennedy brothers' complicated relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson.

Prince Jack covers the period from the Democratic National Convention in July 1960 to the autumn of 1963, just prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film was written and directed by Bert Lovitt.

Cast

• Robert J. Hogan - John F. Kennedy
• James F. Kelly - Robert F. Kennedy
• Lloyd Nolan - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
• Kenneth Mars - Lyndon B. Johnson
• Dana Andrews - The Cardinal
• Robert Guillaume - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Cameron Mitchell - Edwin Walker
• Jim Backus - Ted Dealey
• William Windom - Ferguson ("Fergie")
• Theodore Bikel - Georgi Bolshakov

Notes

• Jim Backus' last live project.
• James F. Kelly portrayed Robert F. Kennedy a total of seven times in different productions between 1981 and 1997. He also portrayed John F. Kennedy once.
• Prince Jack was available on VHS but does not appear to have been released in DVD format.

See also

• Kennedy (TV miniseries)
• Hoover vs. The Kennedys
• The Kennedys (TV miniseries)
• Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy

External links

• Prince Jack at IMDb