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The Act

3.319841h 34mRMovieCrimeComedy

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.

DirectorSig Shore
WriterRobert Lipsyte
ProducersSig Shore·Ron Gorton

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Cast · Directed by Sig Shore

RGRobert Ginty
Robert Ginty
Don Tucker
SLSarah Langenfeld
Sarah Langenfeld
Leslie
NSNicolas Surovy
Nicolas Surovy
Julian
JAJohn Aprea
John Aprea
Ron
JT
John Tripp
Dixie
EAEddie Albert
Eddie Albert
Harry Kruger
JCJohn Cullum
John Cullum
The President
RDRoger Davis
Roger Davis
Deputy Police Chief
PHPat Hingle
Pat Hingle
Frank Boda
DHDavid Huddleston
David Huddleston
Corky
JJJill St. John
Jill St. John
Elise
THThomas Hunter
Thomas Hunter
The John

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