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Betrayed is a 1988 American spy thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger. The plot is roughly based upon the terrorist activities of American neo-Nazi and white supremacist Robert Mathews and his group The Order.
Aug 26, 1988 · Betrayed: Directed by Costa-Gavras. With Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair. An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
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- 1988-08-26
Advertisement. But “Betrayed” is not a love story. It is an undercover thriller, and we quickly learn that Winger is an FBI agent and that Berenger is suspected of being part of a secret right-wing terrorist organization that is responsible for the murder of a left-wing Chicago talk show host.
Following the murder of a radio personality in Chicago, all evidence of the crime points to a white supremacist group from Iowa. With the FBI on the case, the department sends inexperienced agent...
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- Costa-Gavras
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- Debra Winger
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Betrayed starts as a police thriller, and ends as a political thriller. Costa-Gavras paints a gloomy and pessimistic view of the racist movement in the US. A female FBI agent (Winger) infiltrates a group of white supremacists and gets caught up in her own romantic feelings for one of them.
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Aug 26, 1988 · These are the most shocking episodes in ''Betrayed,'' a film directed by Costa-Gavras and written by Joe Eszterhas in a scorching, irony-laden style that strives for the incendiary at every...
