Act of Betrayal

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Act of Betrayal
GenreMiniseries
Written byNicholas Evans
Michael Chaplin
Directed byLawrence Gordon Clark
StarringLisa Harrow
Elliott Gould
Patrick Bergin
Deborra-Lee Furness
Max Cullen
ComposerBruce Smeaton
Country of originAustralia
Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 2 hours
Production
Executive producersGraham Benson
Michael Deakin
John Kelleher
Sandra Levy
Joe Mulholland
ProducersNick Evans
Ray Alchin
Arthur Lappin (associate producer)
Nuala Naughton (associate producer)
CinematographyPeter Hendry
Breffni Byrne
EditorLynn Solly
Running time240 mins
Production companiesABC
Benbow Evans Productions
Griffin Productions
Radio Telefís Éireann
TVS Television
DistributorABC
Release
Original networkABC
Original release26 October 1988 (1988-10-26)

Act of Betrayal is a 1988 mini-series that was a co-production between Ireland, Australia and the US. Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, it stars Lisa Harrow, Elliott Gould, Patrick Bergin, Deborra-Lee Furness, and Max Cullen.

It had a budget of $6 million and was later cut down to a 117-minute TV movie.[1]

Premise[]

Michael McGurk, an IRA man, turns informer and the British police send him to Australia with his family. The IRA send an American hit man, Callaghan, to assassinate him. A woman, Kathy, has an affair with both McGurk and Callaghan.

Cast[]

Reception[]

Max Cullen's performance as an Australian IRA sympathiser won him an AFI Award.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p10, 170
  2. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 41

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