Betrayed

Betrayed (1988)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (681 ratings)

Set in Iowa, Betrayed stars Debra Winger as an FBI agent who infiltrates a Klanlike white supremacist organization. Allegedly a woman of intelligence and perception, Winger throws caution and logic to the winds when she falls in love with local farmer Tom Berenger. Much to her surprise Berenger… More

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R,
Directed By
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Written By
Joe Eszterhas
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Aug 26, 1988 Wide
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Riveting and powerful portrait of white supremacists and their virulent doctrine of hate.

  • Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

    Some of it's laughably over-the-top, but Gavras works wonders within the formulaic story

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Wahida K


    I dont know if it was me but I had the feeling well please dont get me wrong, but there are actors who are really great at playing the character Tom Berenger had in the Movie, but Tom Berenger`s acting in this Movie was really scaring. I mean it was like he was not acting, if it was… More

  • jay n


    If the script had matched Debra Winger's performance it would be a five star rating.

  • John B


    Films like this appeared on a weekly basis in the eighties. They were easily forgotten on leaving the theatre. I hope Debra winger and Tom Berenger were paid well.

  • Anthony V


    Not bad, just not good.

  • Audrey L


    This film is one of my all time favorites,despite the abhorant setting-white supremaciy in the good old USA. It moved me immeasurably,with the cognitively dissonent portrayal of positive American values and surface level small town America,with the hatred and racism nicely hidden… More

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