The “shocking” 1964 movie Kirk Douglas couldn’t believe he got away with: “At the time, my god”During Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’, most of the industry’s biggest stars stuck to what they knew, did what they were good at, and dined out on their persona and reputation. Kirk Douglas didn’t abide by those rules, though, which is why he became known as one of the era’s great disruptors. “It wouldn’t be difficult to make a movie now like that,” Douglas reflected in 1991. “But at that time, my god, to make a movie about a military plot to overthrow the American government, it was shocking.” “He had read the book, loved it, thought it would make a great movie, and encouraged me about it.”