The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)

A Real-Life Drama

Cast

Melvyn Douglas, Eli Wallach, Oskar Homolka, E.G. Marshall, Luther Adler

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.