Strategy of Terror is a 1969 American mystery film directed by Jack Smight, re-edited from a two-part 1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre episode, "In Darkness, Waiting".
Premise A reporter (Barbara Rush) uncovers a plan to assassinate four United Nations (UN) representatives by a right-wing extremist (Neil Hamilton), but no one will believe her, until one New York City cop (Hugh O'Brian teams up with her to uncover the conspiracy.
Cast Hugh O'Brian as Matt Lacey Barbara Rush as Karen Lownes Neil Hamilton as Mr. Harkin Frederick O'Neal as Jacques Serac Will Corry as Wally Pit Mort Mills as Victor Pelling Harry Townes as Richard Jan Merlin as Jon
Reception A review by Hal Erickson at AllMovie.com notes that "Frederick O'Neal, a leading light of African American theatre, is superb as a loquacious African UN delegate", and that "Neil Hamilton, onetime silent screen star and future Commissioner Gordon on TV's Batman, is surprisingly sinister as a pompous right-wing fanatic".AllMmovie.com: Strategy of Terror
See also List of American films of 1969
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