Assault on the Wayne

Genre| Thriller
War
Action
Written by| Jackson Gillis
Directed by| Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring| Joseph Cotten
Lloyd Haynes
Dewey Martin
Leonard Nimoy
William Windom
Theme music composer| Leith Stevens
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Cinematography| Howard Schwartz
Editor| Donald R. Rode
Running time| 75 min.
Production company| Paramount Television
Distributor| ABC
CBS Television Distribution (syndication)
Release
Original network| ABC
Original release| January 12, 1971 (1971-01-12)

Assault on the Wayne is a 1971 American Cold War-themed action thriller TV film starring Joseph Cotten, Lloyd Haynes, Dewey Martin, Leonard Nimoy and William Windom. It aired on January 12, 1971, in the ABC Movie of the Week space.[1] The film was originally broadcast on the same night as All in the Family premiered.

## Contents

* 1 Premise
* 2 Cast
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Premise[edit]

A US Navy nuclear submarine is sabotaged to steal an anti-ballistic missile guidance system.

## Cast[edit]

* Joseph Cotten as Admiral
* Lloyd Haynes as Lt. Dave Burston
* Dewey Martin as Skip Langley
* Leonard Nimoy as Commander Phil Kettenring
* William Windom as Captain Frank Reardon
* Keenan Wynn as Orville Kelly
* Malachi Throne as Dr. Dykers
* Sam Elliott as Ensign William 'Bill' Sandover
* Ivor Barry as Donald Ellington
* Ron Masak as CPO Corky Schmidt
* Lee Stanley as Lt. Manners

## References[edit]

1. ^ "TV Listings for January 12, 1971". TV Tango. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Assault on the Wayne at IMDb

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Films directed by Marvin J. Chomsky

* Assault on the Wayne (1971)
* Evel Knievel (1971)
* Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
* Fireball Forward (1972)
* Family Flight (1972)
* Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
* A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)
* Murph the Surf (1975)
* Mackintosh and T.J. (1975)
* Brink's: The Great Robbery (1976)
* Victory at Entebbe (1976)
* Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
* Holocaust (1978)
* Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
* Attica (1980)
* My Body, My Child (1982)
* Inside the Third Reich (1982)
* I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)
* Tank (1984)
* The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
* Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
* Billionaire Boys Club (1987)
* I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
* Brotherhood of the Rose (1989)
* Telling Secrets (1993)
* Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993)
* Catherine the Great (1995)

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