Pack of Lies with Alan Bates: DVD Cover

    Pack of Lies Director: Anthony Page Cast: Alan Bates, Daniel Benzali, Ellen Burstyn

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/16/2006
    • Original Release: 1987
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 54,402

    Viewer Rating: (1 ratings)

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    Digitally remastered; Interactive menus; Chapter selections

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    Disc #1 -- Pack of Lies
    1. Contemptible Noise [6:52]
    2. Lookout Post [7:51]
    3. American Music [10:11]
    4. Criminal Next Door [5:59]
    5. Nude Sketches [8:09]
    6. Keeping Secrets [8:55]
    7. Switching Bedrooms [8:02]
    8. Caring Friend [5:42]
    9. Christmas Dress [9:20]
    10. Confiding in Helen [8:32]
    11. Communist Agents [9:06]
    12. Saying Goodbye [11:38]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Adapted from the one-act play by Hugh Whitemore, Pack of Lies originally aired as a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation on April 26, 1987. Emmy-nominated Ellen Burstyn plays a Canadian housewife living in England, who dutifully allows a government agent (Alan Bates) into her house. The agent sets up a surveillance post in Burstyn's bedroom, ostensibly to keep close watch on a mysterious stranger. In truth, the agent is investigating Burstyn's neighbors Daniel Benzali and Terri Garr--who happen to be her best friends. Pack of Lies was based on a true story, which like its fictional counterpart coalesced into a melange of skewered ethics, deception and betrayal. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    November 22, 2009: While this is a spy story, it certainly isn't an action film. It is about the corrosive effects of the cold war on decency, some might say on middle class values. A very moving performance by Ellen Burstyn kept me totally involved throughout the whole movie. The rest of the cast is very good. I expected more, perhaps unjustly, from Alan Bates but he not inadequate.