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Smart Money is a British film of genre Drama directed by Bernard Rose with Spencer Leigh

Smart Money (1986)

Smart Money
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Smart 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.

Synopsis

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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