Act of Betrayal

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
Country of origin Australia
Ireland
US
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s) Nick Evans
Ray Alchin
Running time 240 mins
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original airing 26 October 1988

Act of Betrayal is a 1988 mini series that was a co-production between Ireland, Australia and the US.

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

Plot

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

Reception

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