

The Plot to Kill Stalin 1958
"A Real-Life 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.
Director: Delbert Mann
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




