John Travolta & Robert Carlyle star in new JFK assassination movie 'November 1963'

Tuesday, 15 September 2026 11:21

By Ali Hill

Sixty-three years on, the story comes from the people who say they were there.

The JFK assassination, as told by the men who say they were in the room.

From two-time Oscar-nominated director Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields, The Mission), NOVEMBER 1963 unfolds in real time across the 48 hours surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, seen from inside the Chicago Outfit rather than from the official record.

Starring John Travolta as Johnny Roselli, Robert Carlyle as Jack Ruby, Dermot Mulroney as Chuckie Nicoletti, Mandy Patinkin as Anthony Accardo, Jefferson White as Lee Harvey Oswald and Thomas Fiscella as Sam Giancana.

The screenplay comes from Nicholas Celozzi, nephew of Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana, who heard the account first-hand as a child from Giancana's brother Joseph "Pepe" Giancana, one of the men who rode with Sam through those two days. Bonnie Giancana, Sam's daughter, serves as executive producer.

NOVEMBER 1963 is only in theaters from November 20.'