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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1981 DVD Release: 04/20/2004 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: 303 Recordings Total Copies: 8 Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Political Drama, Media Satire See Also: Agency, Agency

Agency tackles the question of the efficiency of media manipulation. An unscrupulous advertising agency, in league with equally untrustworthy political campaign manager Robert Mitchum, plants subliminal messages in its TV commercials. Just as Vance Packard warned in the 1950s expose The Hidden Persuaders, these hidden messages persuade the viewers to vote for Mitchum's candidate. Given the potency of the the film's premise, it's disappointing to watch director George Gaczender handle the material (based on a novel by Paul Gottleib) is so cut-and-dried a fashion. But Mitchum is good, as are his costars Valerie Perrine, Lee Majors, Saul Rubinek and Alexandra Stewart. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Robert Mitchum - Ted Quinn
Lee Majors - Philip Morgan
Valerie Perrine - Brenda Wilcox
Saul Rubinek - Sam Goldstein
Alexandra Stewart - Mimi Oliveri