Hot Money

78 minutes

1/1/1983

Overview

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?

Cast List

Michael Murphy
as Burt / Tom
Orson Welles
as Sheriff Paisley
Ann Lange
as Jeanette
Daniel Buccos
as Federal Agent
Lu M. Dishart
as Tom's Secretary
Sharon Dyer
as Fat Lady
Michele Finney
as T.J. Pierson
Jo Ann Frost
as Female Prison Guard
Marvin Goldhar
as Ron Morrow
John Granik
as Bill Martin
Tom Harvey
as Carl Page
Don James
as Reporter
Ken James
as Donovan
Thomas Kopache
as Warden
Ray Landry
as Assistant D.A.
Cynthia Long
as Mary
Maureen McRae
as Betty Townsend
Mavor Moore
as Bartholomew
Doug Morgan
as Male Prison Guard
Alan Murley
as State Cop
Ian Ng Cheng Hin
as Young Boy on Mailbox
Steve Pernie
as Hotel Clerk
Doris Petrie
as Mrs. Grayson
Bobby Pickett
as Stewart
Ken Pogue
as D.A. Dillon
Diane Polly
as Reporter
Alfred Ponder
as Prisoner
James H. Rainwater
as Man Eating in Restaurant
Henry Ramer
as Tatterly
Alfie Scopp
as David Townsend
Dennis Strong
as McHenry
Olive Bea Warren
as Waitress
Kenneth Welsh
as Parker