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Pendulum is a 1969 American neo noir crime thriller film directed by George Schaefer and starring George Peppard, Jean Seberg and Richard Kiley.
Pendulum: Directed by George Schaefer. With George Peppard, Jean Seberg, Richard Kiley, Charles McGraw. When police captain Frank Matthews is accused of murdering his adulterous wife and her lover he avoids arrest and sets out to find the killer.
I guess "Pendulum" qualifies as the first lawnorder movie; a vicious killer-rapist is sprung on a technicality by the Supreme Court, and then we get a 90-minute sermon against coddling criminals.
Capt. Frank Matthews (George Peppard) made his career catching rapist and murderer Paul Sanderson (Robert F. Lyons). But his victory lap is cut short when Sanderson's death sentence is overturned...
- Mystery & Thriller
Directed by George Schaefer. A motion picture with the hard edge of today! On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews’ wife, and her lover are murdered in bed.
After securing the conviction of rapist-murderer Paul Sanderson, Washington, D. C., Police Captain Frank Matthews is awarded a medal of honor and granted a leave of absence to serve on a Senate subcommittee studying law and order.
A decorated police captain soon finds the tables turned on him when he's accused of murdering his wife.
