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Smart Money is a British film of genre Drama directed by Bernard Rose with Spencer Leigh
Smart Money (1986)
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Add to a movie listSmart Money was a BBC film made in 1986 which was written by Matthew Jacobs and directed by Bernard Rose. It starred Spencer Leigh, Bruce Payne and Richard Borthwick.
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The film is a comedy thriller about computer fraud. Leon, a computer hacker, and Freak, a programmer, team up with Fast Eddie, a video games expert, to get revenge on Lawrence McNeice, who framed Leon for a computer fraud he didn't commit.Actors
Spencer Leigh
(Leon)
Bruce Payne
(Lawrance MacNiece)
Iain Cuthbertson
(Mr. Whyte)
Ken Campbell
(Mr. Sayles)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
(Sir James)
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