Pendulum
A motion picture with the hard edge of today!
1969 | 102m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | George Schaefer |
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| Writer: | Stanley Niss |
| Staring: |
| 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. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 14, 1969 |
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| Director: | George Schaefer |
| Writer: | Stanley Niss |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | falsely accused, murder, on the run, death, police captain |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Pendulum Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 15, 2025 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George Peppard | Capt. Frank Matthews |
| Jean Seberg | Adele Matthews |
| Richard Kiley | Woodrow Wilson King |
| Charles McGraw | Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand |
| Madeleine Sherwood | Mrs. Eileen Sanderson |
| Robert F. Lyons | Paul Martin Sanderson |
| Frank Marth | Lt. Smithson |
| Marj Dusay | Liz Tennant |
| Paul McGrath | Senator Augustus Cole |
| Stewart Moss | Richard D'Angelo |
| Isabel Sanford | Effie |
| Dana Elcar | Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton |
| Harry Lewis | Brooks Elliott |
| Mildred Trares | Mary Schumacher |
| Robin Raymond | Myra |
| Phyllis Hill | Mrs. Wilma Elliot |
| S. John Launer | Judge Kinsella |
| Jock MacKelvie | U.S. Attorney Grady Butler |
| Richard Guizon | Deputy Marshall Jack Barnes |
| Jack Grimes | Artie |
| Logan Ramsey | Detective Jelinek |
| Douglas Henderson | Detective Hanauer |
| Gene Boland | Garland |
| Vince Flaherty | Street Tough |
| George Boyce | Courtroom Spectator |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stanley Niss | Writer |
| Lionel Lindon | Director of Photography |
| Hugh S. Fowler | Editor |
| Walter M. Simonds | Production Design |
| Morris Hoffman | Set Decoration |
| David Salven | Assistant Director |
| Ben Lane | Makeup Supervisor |
| Virginia Jones | Hairstylist |
| Charles J. Rice | Sound Supervisor |
| Arthur Piantadosi | Sound |
| William Randall Jr. | Sound |
| George Schaefer | Director |
| Walter Scharf | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stanley Niss | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 435 | 720 |