| Genre: | Miniseries |
| Director: | Lawrence Gordon Clark |
| Starring: | Lisa Harrow Elliott Gould Patrick Bergin Deborra-Lee Furness Max Cullen |
| Composer: | Bruce Smeaton |
| Country: | Australia Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Num Episodes: | 2 x 2 hours |
| Executive Producer: | Graham Benson Michael Deakin John Kelleher Sandra Levy Joe Mulholland |
| Producer: | Nick Evans Ray Alchin |
| Editor: | Lynn Solly |
| Cinematography: | Peter Hendry Breffni Byrne |
| Company: | ABC Benbow Evans Productions Griffin Productions Radio Telefís Éireann TVS Television |
| Runtime: | 240 mins |
| Network: | ABC |
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.[1]
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.
Max Cullen's performance as an Australian IRA sympathiser won him an AFI Award.[2]