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Act of Betrayal
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Wikipedia article
'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.Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p10, 170
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
* Lisa Harrow as Eileen McGurk
* Elliott Gould as Callaghan
* Patrick Bergin as Michael McGurk
* Bryan Marshall as Kennedy
* Krister Greer as Sean McGurk
* Deborra-Lee Furness as Kathy
* Max Cullen as Quinn
* Bosco Hogan as Brady
* Oliver Maguire as IRA Chief
* Gerard McSorley as Brendon
* Stella McCusker as Eileen's Mother
Reception
Max Cullen's performance as an Australian IRA sympathiser won him an AFI Award.Albert Moran, 'Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series', AFTRS 1993 p 41
References
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