Act of Betrayal | |
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Genre | Miniseries |
Written by |
Nicholas Evans Michael Chaplin |
Directed by | Lawrence Gordon Clark |
Starring |
Lisa Harrow Elliott Gould Patrick Bergin Deborra-Lee Furness Max Cullen |
Composer | Bruce Smeaton |
Country of origin | Australia Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 x 2 hours |
Production | |
Executive producers | Graham Benson Michael Deakin John Kelleher Sandra Levy Joe Mulholland |
Producers | Nick Evans Ray Alchin Arthur Lappin (associate producer) Nuala Naughton (associate producer) |
Cinematography | Peter Hendry Breffni Byrne |
Editor | Lynn Solly |
Running time | 240 mins |
Production companies |
ABC Benbow Evans Productions Griffin Productions Radio Telefís Éireann TVS Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 26 October 1988 |
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]
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.
Max Cullen's performance as an Australian IRA sympathiser won him an AFI Award. [2]
Act of Betrayal | |
---|---|
Genre | Miniseries |
Written by |
Nicholas Evans Michael Chaplin |
Directed by | Lawrence Gordon Clark |
Starring |
Lisa Harrow Elliott Gould Patrick Bergin Deborra-Lee Furness Max Cullen |
Composer | Bruce Smeaton |
Country of origin | Australia Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 x 2 hours |
Production | |
Executive producers | Graham Benson Michael Deakin John Kelleher Sandra Levy Joe Mulholland |
Producers | Nick Evans Ray Alchin Arthur Lappin (associate producer) Nuala Naughton (associate producer) |
Cinematography | Peter Hendry Breffni Byrne |
Editor | Lynn Solly |
Running time | 240 mins |
Production companies |
ABC Benbow Evans Productions Griffin Productions Radio Telefís Éireann TVS Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 26 October 1988 |
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]
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.
Max Cullen's performance as an Australian IRA sympathiser won him an AFI Award. [2]