Betrayed (1988)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Costa-Gavras

Writer:

Joe Eszterhas (written by)

Release Date:

26 August 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Action | Romance

Plot:

A woman starts work on a farm, and gets to know the owner. They get on well, and she also gets on with his children...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Violence | Murder | Country | Racism

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 21

1:35 PM

MAX

Cast

Debra Winger	...	Catherine Weaver
Tom Berenger	...	Gary Simmons
John Heard	...	Michael 'Mike' Carnes
Betsy Blair	...	Gladys Simmons
John Mahoney	...	Shorty
Ted Levine	...	Wes
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Bobby Flynn
Albert Hall	...	Al Sanders
David Clennon	...	Jack Carpenter
Robert Swan	...	Dean
Richard Libertini	...	Sam Kraus
Maria Valdez	...	Rachel Simmons
Brian Bosak	...	Joey Simmons
Alan Wilder	...	Duffin
Clifford A. Pellow	...	Reverend Russell Johnson

Also Known As:

Summer Lightning (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

127 min | Argentina:126 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada

Company:

CST Telecommunications

Trivia:

Last cinema film of Betsy Blair.

Quotes:

Cathy Weaver: You want something, Michael. I'll give you something. He named his dog after Ronald Reagan.
Al Sanders: Well, he ain't all bad.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Race Is On

Racists have no clue about manhood.

It is a shame that we do not get to see much of Costa-Gavras' work here in America. The last film I remember is Z. he is a master of the political story, and this film tells a story about America that we really don't like to think about.

Costa-Gavras does his best work when he also writes the screenplay. Unfortunately here we get Joe Eszterhas, master of some of the worst crap to hit the silver screen - An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, Showgirls, Sliver, Jade, Flashdance. What could have been a great story is merely adequate.

Debra Winger is just not credible as an undercover FBI agent. I just never believed in her. That, except for the story, was the weakest part of the film.

Tom Berenger did a great job as a racist pinhead. If they make a movie about the Oklahoma City bombing, he should play the bomber.

Great support by John Mahoney. he delivered the crucial line of the film: The bank took my farm, and Vietnam took my son, and I am left with nothing. Typical of these racists to blame all their failures on others. Why don't they try some Kipling for a change:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss;

That's a man, not these whiny jerks.