stanley kramer direct an action thriller and leave out two key thing represent action and thrill . the domino principle feature gene hackman a a convict sprung from prison in order to perform some mysterious task . richard widmark and edward albert and and eli wallach be his operative they presumably work for the government and but that and like most of the movie plot line and be never make clear . hackman ask a lot of question that never get answer so the film go absolutely nowhere . while it strive to be like night move and the parallax view and the domino principle mix up ambiguity and mystery with confusion and boredom . the film be extremely well photograph but even that work against it . kramer direction be devoid of any style . it a very sunny movie . the acting be fine with hackman prove he pretty much incapable of be bad . widmark and wallach be suitably nasty and albert be well cast a widmark cruel lackey . even the usually obnoxious mickey rooney be pretty good a hackman sidekick . one oddity however be the casting of candice bergen a hackman wife . be tell she do time in prison and she seem to be try to put on some sort of southern twang . kramer idea of make her appear to be trailer trash be to have her wear an ugly brown wig . it a role well suit for the like of valerie perrine or susan tyrell .