Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Lithgow | ... | Paul Harrington | |
Eric Roberts | ... | Reno Adams | |
Mädchen Amick | ... | Lauren Harrington | |
Richard Edson | ... | Billy Quayle | |
Donald Moffat | ... | Frank Harrington | |
David Ackroyd | ... | Tom Kerry | |
Dan O'Herlihy | ... | Hamilton Fisk | |
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Jason Workman | ... | Whit Turner |
Claude Earl Jones | ... | Mayor | |
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Jack Axelrod | ... | Mario Columbard |
Bill McKinney | ... | Kolchak | |
John Pyper-Ferguson | ... | Collins | |
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Tom Kindle | ... | Convict |
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Mary Fanaro | ... | Darlene |
Chuck Zito | ... | Jake |
Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife, stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face (played by Madchen Amick) lies a wicked person who sent her former boyfriend to jail by setting him up. Reno Adams has lost seven years of his life in Jail and wants revenge. After escaping, he tracks Lauren down and intends to make her and her husband's life a living hell. Written by Michael Feller <reb@magna.com.au>
Low budget twisty noir with a good cast. Eric Roberts is his usual charming, psycho self. John Litgow plays the sympathetic duped husband, while Madchen Amick plays both husbands against each other. All is not as it seems, and there are at least a bunch of double crosses and back stabbings along the way to an intricate bank robbery. Part inside job, part outside job, the amoral characters try to outsmart each other, as the story twirls toward the unexpected conclusion. "Love, Cheat,& Steal" isn't going to make anyone's top 100 list, but for what it is, it succeeds nicely. If you enjoy fast moving films with quirky dialog, give this one a try. - MERK