Cloak & Dagger (1984 film)
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| Directed by | Richard Franklin |
| Produced by | Allan Carr |
| Screenplay by | Tom Holland |
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| Music by | Brian May |
| Cinematography | Victor J. Kemper |
| Edited by | Andrew London |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $31.9 million |
Cloak & Dagger is a 1984 American spy adventure film directed by Richard Franklin starring Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman and Michael Murphy. It was written by Tom Holland and based on a Cornell Woolrich short story which was previously filmed as The Window. It was originally released in a double feature with The Last Starfighter on July 13, 1984 and then released separately on August 10, 1984.
Cloak & Dagger was both a critical and commercial success, grossing over $30 million at the box office, while being nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Dabney Coleman, as well as a Young Artist Award nomination for Henry Thomas.
Davey Osborne (Henry Thomas) is an 11-year-old who lives in San Antonio, Texas with his father, Hal Osborne (Dabney Coleman). His mother has recently died, leaving just him and his father, a military air traffic controller who has problems relating to his child. Davey is a lonely child and is still grieving over his mother, so he immerses himself in the fantasy world of Cloak & Dagger, an espionage game which exists in both role playing and video forms. Davey has one friend, Kim, (Christina Nigra) a girl who lives nearby with her single mother. Davey is interested in the world of espionage and his hero is the character Jack Flack from the game. He wants to live an action-packed life like Jack Flack and he carries around a water pistol as his "gun" and a softball as his "grenade". Davey spends much of his free time playing Cloak & Dagger and spinning elaborate fantasies involving Jack Flack, an imaginary friend who takes the form of a more dashing version of his father (the role of Flack is also played by Coleman). Only the audience and Davey can ever see Jack Flack, because the only character that believes in Jack Flack is Davey.
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