Hot Money (1983)
Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?
Director: Zale Magder
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Michael Murphy as Burt / Tom |
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Orson Welles as Sheriff Paisley |
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Ann Lange as Jeanette |
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Daniel Buccos as Federal Agent |
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Lu M. Dishart as Tom's Secretary |
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Sharon Dyer as Fat Lady |
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Michele Finney as T.J. Pierson |
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Jo Ann Frost as Female Prison Guard |
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Marvin Goldhar as Ron Morrow |
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John Granik as Bill Martin |
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Tom Harvey as Carl Page |
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Don James as Reporter |
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Ken James as Donovan |
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Thomas Kopache as Warden |
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Ray Landry as Assistant D.A. |
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Cynthia Long as Mary |
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Maureen McRae as Betty Townsend |
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Mavor Moore as Bartholomew |
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Doug Morgan as Male Prison Guard |
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Alan Murley as State Cop |
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Ian Ng Cheng Hin as Young Boy on Mailbox |
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Steve Pernie as Hotel Clerk |
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Doris Petrie as Mrs. Grayson |
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Bobby Pickett as Stewart |
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Ken Pogue as D.A. Dillon |
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Diane Polly as Reporter |
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Alfred Ponder as Prisoner |
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James H. Rainwater as Man Eating in Restaurant |
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Henry Ramer as Tatterly |
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Alfie Scopp as David Townsend |
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Dennis Strong as McHenry |
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Olive Bea Warren as Waitress |
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Kenneth Welsh as Parker |
| Writing | Joel Cohen | Writer |
| Directing | Zale Magder | Director |
| Production | Sandra Johnson | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Phyllis Camesano | Writer |
| Camera | Stan Mestel | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Production | David M. Robertson | Production Manager |
| Writing | Carl DeSantis | Writer |
| Sound | Nolan Roberts | Sound |
| Production | Michael Nobrega | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Alan Goluboff | Third Assistant Director |
| Editing | Adam Peden | Editor |
| Production | Zale Magder | Producer |
| Production | Douglas Macdonald | Executive Producer |
| Production | Terry Marlow | Executive Producer |
| Directing | David Shepherd | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Rob McConnell | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Neil Cohen | Writer |