Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Henry Thomas | ... | Davey Osborne | |
Dabney Coleman | ... | Jack Flack / Hal Osborne | |
Michael Murphy | ... | Rice | |
Christina Nigra | ... | Kim Gardener | |
John McIntire | ... | George MacCready | |
Jeanette Nolan | ... | Eunice MacCready | |
Eloy Casados | ... | Alvarez | |
Tim Rossovich | ... | Haverman | |
William Forsythe | ... | Morris (as Bill Forsythe) | |
Robert DoQui | ... | Lt. Fleming | |
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Shelby Leverington | ... | Marilyn Gardener |
Linden Chiles | ... | Airport Security Chief | |
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Robert Curtin | ... | Murdoch |
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William Marquez | ... | Airport Security Guard #1 |
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Wendell Wright | ... | Airport Security Guard #2 |
11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him. So the boy loses himself in video games--and even has an imaginary friend, a super-resourceful secret agent. When he accidentally comes into possession of a spy group's secret plans, and winds up on the run from them, he must learn to rely on himself and his imaginary pal to save his skin. But, in the end, Dad proves to be his real hero. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
I first saw Cloak and Dagger when a substitute teacher showed it to our 6th grade class. It was the coolest movie I'd ever seen because it was an action movie about kids who solve a mystery and save the day.
Henry Thomas is Davey Osbourne. His entire life is an imaginary world of secret spies. And to aid in his games of eluding spies and dodging secret plans of assasination, Davey defers to his wartime hero, Jack Flack, an action hero that he has turned into an imaginary playmate as well as a father figure guidance to make up for an absentee father.
But Davey soons finds himself in trouble as the imaginary world becomes a reality when he witnesses a shooting in a stairwell. But, before the victim draws his last breath, he hands Davey a Cloak & Dagger video cartridge that contains top secret plans. And, while the adults think he is just playing another game, Davey and his sassy friend Kim and Jack Flack all try to solve the crime.
It is a great movie in part because you get a peak at the imagination of a twelve-year-old-boy and, once again, because a few clever kids get to save the day. It definitely looked like a fun movie to make.