It happens with startling swiftness and violence -- an armed cadre seizes control of the U.S. government. A military aide (Kirk Douglas) stumbles across a plot by his boss (Burt Lancaster) to overthrow the U.S. president (Fredric March), who has just negotiated a controversial peace treaty. A classic suspense directed by John Frankenheimer.

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It happens with startling swiftness and violence -- an armed cadre seizes

control of the U.S. government. A military aide (Kirk Douglas) stumbles

across a plot by his boss (Burt Lancaster) to overthrow the U.S. president

(Fredric March), who has just negotiated a controversial peace treaty. A

classic suspense directed by John Frankenheimer.

Members' are welcome to bring a spouse or guest. Seating is limited.

Please join us for a special screening of Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 classic chronicle of the struggle in colonial Algeria between the National Liberation Front (FLN) guerrillas and the French military from 1954 to 1957. This 'film for our time,' recently screened for senior operations officers at the Pentagon, raises important questions about organized states and conventional armies confronting urban insurgency. The Battle of Algiers will be the first in a new series of classic films with foreign policy themes to be shown throughout the year at the Council.