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  • Dispatches The Day the Dream Died (Season 2, Episode 30)
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Dispatches

The Day the Dream Died (Season 2, Episode 30)
TV Episode | Documentary, News

25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following still unanswered questions: 1) Our evidence points to an inescapable conclusion - this casket is empty. The question is,...See more25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following still unanswered questions: 1) Our evidence points to an inescapable conclusion - this casket is empty. The question is, why? 2) Lyndon B. Johnson - what did this man stand to gain from the death of President Kennedy? 3) Who was this man [at the scene]? 4) Why did all these witnesses have to die? 5) Why was Lee Harvey Oswald arrested so quickly? 6) Who set Jack Ruby up to kill Oswald? 7) Why was it necessary to alter Kennedy's body before the official autopsy in Washington? 8) Why did the Dallas doctors change their testimony the very next day? 9) Why was Kennedy's brain missing at the autopsy in Washington? 10) Why did the Warren commission deceive the world? See less
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Directors
Lol Creme (as Godley & Creme) | Godley & Creme | Kevin Godley (as Godley & Creme)
Writer
Producer
Cinematographer
Ernest Vincze (lighting cameraman) (as Ernie Vincze)
Editor
Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 16, 1988

Release date
Nov 16, 1988 (United Kingdom)
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16 cast members
Name Known for
Chris Plumley
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
Mark Smith
The Warren Commission (voice) The Warren Commission (voice)   See fewer
John Connally
Self - Austin, Texas (archive footage) (as Gov. John Connally) Self - Austin, Texas (archive footage) (as Gov. John Connally)   See fewer
Jesse E. Curry
Self (archive footage) (as Chief Jesse Curry) Self (archive footage) (as Chief Jesse Curry)   See fewer
Jerrol Custer
Self (archive footage) (as Gerald Custer) Self (archive footage) (as Gerald Custer)   See fewer
Richard C. Dodd
Self (archive footage) (as Bill Dodd) Self (archive footage) (as Bill Dodd)   See fewer
Eric Lindsey Dorf
Self - Radio City Hall, Chicago (archive sound) Self - Radio City Hall, Chicago (archive sound)   See fewer
Nancy Hamilton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
S.M. Holland
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
W.E. Newman Jr.
Self (archive footage) (as Billy Newman) Self (archive footage) (as Billy Newman)   See fewer
Paul O'Connor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lee Harvey Oswald
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Aubrey Rike
Self (archive footage) (as Aubrey Wright) Self (archive footage) (as Aubrey Wright)   See fewer
Jack Ruby
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
James Tague
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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