Underplayed Gems

Dead Wrong (1983)

Dead Wrong poster
Country
Canada
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 4 voters
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How it feels

A struggling fisherman agrees to smuggle marijuana into Canada on his boat. An undercover police officer joins his crew to catch him but falls in love with him instead.

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What happens

Dead Wrong is a Canadian crime thriller film, directed by Len Kowalewich and released in 1983. The film stars Winston Rekert as Sean Phelan, a financially struggling fisherman who agrees to smuggle marijuana into Canada aboard his boat, and Britt Ekland as Penny Lancaster, an undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who joins his crew in an attempt to catch and arrest him, but finds herself falling in love with him. The cast also includes Dale Wilson, Jackson Davies and Alex Diakun. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984, for Best Cinematography (Doug McKay) and Best Original Score (Karl Kobylansky). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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