title: Act of Betrayal
text: # Act of Betrayal
  
  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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  