Betrayed

"Suspect. Investigator. Passion. Betrayal."

1988 2h 7m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 146

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Synopsis

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An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

“Suspect. Investigator. Passion. Betrayal.”

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Cast

Debra Winger
Katie Phillips / Cathy Weaver
Tom Berenger
Gary Simmons
John Heard
Michael Carnes
Betsy Blair
Gladys Simmons
John Mahoney
Shorty
Ted Levine
Wes
Jeffrey DeMunn
Flynn
Albert Hall
Al Sanders

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Costa-Gavras
Writers: Joe Eszterhas
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Costa-Gavras, shot by Patrick Blossier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bill Conti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Joële Van Effenterre shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Debra Winger and Tom Berenger and John Heard carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Suspect. Investigator. Passion. Betrayal.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0094731 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Costa-Gavras directs. Patrick Blossier behind the camera. Bill Conti scores. Joële Van Effenterre cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Costa-Gavras, shot by Patrick Blossier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Bill Conti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Joële Van Effenterre shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Debra Winger and Tom Berenger and John Heard carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Suspect. Investigator. Passion. Betrayal.".
7IMDB entry: tt0094731 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "ku klux klan", "widow", "fbi", "murder".

The technical file

Cinematography: Patrick Blossier
Original score: Bill Conti
Editing: Joële Van Effenterre
Production design: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Costume design: Joe I. Tompkins
Makeup / hair: Leonard Engelman
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $19,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Betrayed (1988)

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kevin20192025-05-30
★ 10/10
"Betrayed" doesn't attempt to do anything to spare the sensitives of the more easily offended members of the audience. The subject matter here is white supremacy and it is an unsettling insight into the men, women and, most alarmingly of all, children who inhabit this dark, sinister, and dangerously corrosive world. It doesn't shy away when tackling this whole unseemly subject and the often offensive and derogatory racist language will no doubt continue to retain the power to shock and anger audiences many years from now - as indeed will this whole film. It is also a fascinating and illuminating insight into how such people are able to function in the real world and it leaves you dreading what might happen if law and order should fail and society crumbles all around us soon after that leaving the possibility that these gun toting, hate filled, people might successfully rise up and seize control for themselves.

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