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26 April 1987 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
Friendship
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Neighbor
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Cold War
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Spying
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. moreUser Comments:
An oddly old-fashioned and not very good TV movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Barbara Jackson |
 | Teri Garr | ... | Helen Schaefer |
 | Sammi Davis | ... | Julie Jackson |
 | Ronald Hines | ... | Bob Jackson |
| Clive Swift | ... | Ellis |
| Daniel Benzali | ... | Peter Schaefer |
 | Alan Bates | ... | Stewart |
| Peter Schofield | ... | Powell |
| David Corti | ... | Malcolm |
| Margot Leicester | ... | Thelma |
| Jackie Downey | ... | Sally |
| Peter Hughes | ... | Club Manager |
| Bruce Morrison | ... | Club Waiter |
| Tim Barker | ... | Telephone Man |
| Alan Renwick | ... | Vegetable Truck Man |
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100 minCountry:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:LFilming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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The original Broadway production of "Pack of Lies" opened at the Royale Theater in New York on February 11, 1985 and ran for 120 performances. Rosemary Harris was nominated for the 1983 Tony Award for Actress in a Drama for "A Pack of Lies." Hugh Whitemore wrote the stage play and the teleplay for the filmed production. moreFAQ
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Attracted by Burstyn and Garr, both of whom are actresses I usually enjoy watching, I saw this film recently on the Hallmark channel. I found it stilted and awkwardly old-fashioned, with an improbable plot.
It is the 1960s, and an English woman (Burstyn)is coerced by a mysterious government agent (Bates)into assisting him to spy on her neighbour and friend (Garr), who is suspected of having involvement with a Soviet spy ring. Mild tension and inevitable histrionics ensue, before a rather melodramatic and not entirely believable ending (most particularly the awkward voice over in the final frame).
The worst thing about the film is the variance of Burstyn's English accent, which comes and goes throughout the film and is discarded entirely in her final scenes. Why didn't they just use an English actress?
Garr, as usual, is fine, and this was obviously one of Bates' "rent paying" parts.
Not very memorable or believable.