Directed by Sig Shore (Sudden Death) and written by Robert Lipsyte (who wrote another Shore movie, That's the Way of the World), The Act is a political thriller and comedy smooshed together. Or, as the sell copy says, "Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises and surprises, where it's never clear who's really working for whom."
Filmed as Bless 'Em All, this stars Robert Ginty as Don Tucker, a union lawyer pressed into service as a presidential assistant. He helps get labor boss Harry Kruger (Eddie Albert) out of jail to save him from a hunger strike as long as Krugers successor Frank Boda (Pat Hingle) pays the President of the U. S. (John Cullum) $2 million dollars toward his re-election campaign.
Meanwhile, Boda doesn't want to pay and gets his man Mickey (James Andronica) to get the payoff back, which has Mickey hiring Julian (Nick Surovy) all while Don and Elise (Jill St. John) are taking advantage of a hotel room. And John Sebastian did the soundtrack, if that brings you in.
There isn't a single critic review of this on IMDB and 32 views on Letterboxd. Sometimes that means that a movie is an uncovered treasure. This is not one of those times.
Filmed as Bless 'Em All, this stars Robert Ginty as Don Tucker, a union lawyer pressed into service as a presidential assistant. He helps get labor boss Harry Kruger (Eddie Albert) out of jail to save him from a hunger strike as long as Krugers successor Frank Boda (Pat Hingle) pays the President of the U. S. (John Cullum) $2 million dollars toward his re-election campaign.
Meanwhile, Boda doesn't want to pay and gets his man Mickey (James Andronica) to get the payoff back, which has Mickey hiring Julian (Nick Surovy) all while Don and Elise (Jill St. John) are taking advantage of a hotel room. And John Sebastian did the soundtrack, if that brings you in.
There isn't a single critic review of this on IMDB and 32 views on Letterboxd. Sometimes that means that a movie is an uncovered treasure. This is not one of those times.