The Act
4.5
Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises and surprises, where it's never clear who's really working for whom.
Cast
22 people
Robert Ginty
Don Tucker
Known for
The Exterminator
Loverboy
Sarah Langenfeld
Leslie
Also in
Blood Link
Gold Raiders
Ron Gorton
Sig Shore
Robert Lipsyte
Nicolas Surovy
Julian
Known for
Forever Young
Deadwood
David Greene
John Aprea
Ron
Known for
The Game
Bullitt
John Tripp
Dixie
Known for
The Burning
Edward L. Montoro
Eddie Albert
Harry Kruger
Known for
Roman Holiday
Escape to Witch Mountain
John Cullum
The President
Known for
Before We Go
Northern Exposure
Sig Shore Director · Robert Lipsyte Writer Ron Kalish Editor
United States release August 1, 1984 · Produced in United States · Production Sig Shore Productions
Production
Cine-U.S. Productions
Production
Sig Shore Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 5, 1983
Premiere · Lubbock, Texas
United States · August 1, 1984
Theatrical
Germany
October 8, 1994
United Kingdom
December 1, 1984
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