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
Composer(s)	Bruce Smeaton
Country of origin	Australia Ireland
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s)	Nick Evans Ray Alchin
Camera setup	Peter Hendry Breffni Byrne
Running time	240 mins
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	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 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.^[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

External links

• Act of Betrayal at IMDB