Ruby and Oswald is a 1978 American television movie about the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy.

[1] Jack Ruby (Michael Lerner) is a warm-hearted but hot-tempered and patriotic nightclub owner, who loves President Kennedy.

Lee Harvey Oswald (Frederic Forrest), a troubled loner with a speckled past is looking to merely acquire fame.

Journalist Jeremiah O'Leary witnessed Ruby's shooting of Oswald in the basement of Dallas Police headquarters on November 24, 1963.

[2] In a review for The Washington Times, O'Leary wrote: "The actors and the director succeeded only in making a bore of a weekend that was as exciting as it was horrible.