Which movie-British couple forced to spy on American friends/neighbors in Englan!


Question: One vivid scene was where the British couple were in their house staked out by the police and the phones were tapped..the American wife was calling and the British woman was sitting down (with the police standing around her waiting for that call) distraught because she didn't want to answer the phone and entrap her friend...when the police raid the Americans home, the frame is shot from the perspective of the Brits from their window looking own the street to the Americans. I saw this on Bravo YEARS ago, and it has been haunting me. I scoured IMDB.com...no luck


Answers: One vivid scene was where the British couple were in their house staked out by the police and the phones were tapped..the American wife was calling and the British woman was sitting down (with the police standing around her waiting for that call) distraught because she didn't want to answer the phone and entrap her friend...when the police raid the Americans home, the frame is shot from the perspective of the Brits from their window looking own the street to the Americans. I saw this on Bravo YEARS ago, and it has been haunting me. I scoured IMDB.com...no luck

It could be "Pack of Lies" (1987 TV movie). I'm looking into this. It was a stageplay then was filmed for television; it's based on a true story.

This is a review from the IMDB site:
"I saw this film when it was first presented on network TV sponsored by Hallmark Hall of Fame.What we see is a beautifully made film about love, friendship and deceit. The movie is set in the early Sixties and is about the lives of basically two families who have become close over the years. Ellen Burstyn gives an outstanding performance as a British homemaker who spends her days happily performing the tasks of her simple life while enjoying a close friendship with the neighbor across the street played by Teri Garr. We watch as both families happily intermingle and enjoy their lives until one day a British agent appears at the door of Burstyn, explaining that they are looking for a spy who seemed to be operating in their neighborhood, and soon after the agents set up a surveillance from the house. From this point on in the movie, we experience the drama of a family trying to hide their fears. We see Burstyn on the brink of a breakdown knowing in her heart that she was deceived by the only true friend she had. We see even before she does that the Garr charecter and her husband are not what they appear to be, making the final realization of Burstyn that much more heartbreaking. I taped this film back in 1987 and have watched it often and it still has a profound effect on me."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093696/

more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_of_Lie...



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