Ruby

Ruby (1992)

If you don't know his story you don't know the whole story.

Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

Date of release
1992-03-27
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Director
John Mackenzie

Casting

Interesting facts

Ruby is a 1992 drama film directed by John Mackenzie, centered on Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald—the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy—in the basement garage of a Dallas police station in 1963. The film stars Danny Aiello as Ruby, Sherilyn Fenn as Sheryl Ann DuJean, and Arliss Howard. It is based on a play by British screenwriter Stephen Davis. Ruby was released in the United States three months after the premiere of Oliver Stone's film JFK.

Production

In April 1990, the Los Angeles Times reported that David Fincher was set to make his directorial debut with Ruby. However, Fincher withdrew from the project and was replaced by John Mackenzie as director. In 1991 Ruby's portrayer, Danny Aiello, met with MacKenzie. He explained his directorial approach to Aiello: "Whenever there are known facts, those facts will be used, and when there are not, then we'll employ theatrical license".

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