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
- 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.[2]
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