''Fake-Out'' (also released as ''Nevada Heat'') is a 1982 American crime comedy film directed by

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, written by Cimber and John F. Goff, and starring

Pia Zadora Pia Zadora (born Pia Alfreda Schipani; May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She debuted as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (1964). She came to national attention i ...

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, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Larry Storch.

Plot

Cast

as Bobbie Warren *

as Lt. Thurston * Desi Arnaz Jr. as Det. Clint Morgan * Larry Storch as Ted *G. Wesley Stevens as Michelle * George Savalas as Pit Boss * Buddy Lester as Blackjack Player *Sammy Shore as Waiter * Nelson Sardelli as Danny Perelli *

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as Merrich * Tim Rossovich as Roy *

as Don *Rusty Feuer as Happy Johnson *Mercedes Hawthorne-Maharis as Warden Curtis *Connie Hair as Roberta *

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as Spiveck *

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as Sharon

Production

The film was Pia Zadora's second lead role in a feature. All her first three starring roles in films were financed by the company of her then husband

(the others were ''

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'' and '' The Lonely Lady'').

, who directed ''Butterfly'', also made ''Fake Out''. Zadora described it as "a cops-and- robbers-and-nightclub-singer story, kind of like a long ''

Kojak ''Kojak'' is an American Action film, action Crime film, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak. Tak ...

''." She added the film "has me singing a little, but it's nothing I'm terribly proud of." The film was mostly shot on location in Las Vegas, principally around the hotel

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.MOVIES: THE MAN WHO PUT PIA'S NAME IN LIGHTS--HER HUSBAND Mann, Roderick. Los Angeles Times 3 May 1981: n24.

References

External links

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''Fake Out''
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