Hot Money (1983)

Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?

Producers	Shapiro Entertainment, Westfront Productions
Original title	Hot Money
Directors	David Shepherd, Alan Goluboff, Zale Magder
Writers	Carl DeSantis, Phyllis Camesano, Joel Cohen

Cast

Michael Murphy

as Burt / Tom

Orson Welles

as Sheriff Paisley

Ann Lange

as Jeanette

Daniel Buccos

as Federal Agent

Lu M. Dishart

as Tom's Secretary

Sharon Dyer

as Fat Lady

Michele Finney

as T.J. Pierson

Jo Ann Frost

as Female Prison Guard

Marvin Goldhar

as Ron Morrow

John Granik

as Bill Martin

Tom Harvey

as Carl Page

Don James

as Reporter

Ken James

as Donovan

Thomas Kopache

as Warden

Ray Landry

as Assistant D.A.

Cynthia Long

as Mary

Maureen McRae

as Betty Townsend

Mavor Moore

as Bartholomew

Doug Morgan

as Male Prison Guard

Alan Murley

as State Cop

Ian Ng Cheng Hin

as Young Boy on Mailbox

Steve Pernie

as Hotel Clerk

Doris Petrie

as Mrs. Grayson

Bobby Pickett

as Stewart

Ken Pogue

as D.A. Dillon

Diane Polly

as Reporter

Alfred Ponder

as Prisoner

James H. Rainwater

as Man Eating in Restaurant

Henry Ramer

as Tatterly

Alfie Scopp

as David Townsend

Dennis Strong

as McHenry

Olive Bea Warren

as Waitress

Kenneth Welsh

as Parker