Cloak and Dagger

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Cloak and Dagger

PG

1984

1h 41m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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With his mother dead and his father, Hal Osborne (Dabney Coleman), busy working, 11-year-old Davey (Henry Thomas) spends his time immersed in video games, often dreaming up espionage stories featuring imaginary spy Jack Flack (also Coleman). When Davey sees the murder of an FBI agent, the dying man hands him an Atari video game cartridge with military secrets. No one believes his story, and Davey is forced to go on the run, escaping from attempts on his life with Flack's guidance.

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

05/10/2017

"Cloak & Dagger" is never as adept or perceptive as you'd like it to be, but it's got what members of the critical fraternity traditionally characterize as "a little something."

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

10/29/2012

4/5

Cloak and Dagger is fun for adults as well as older kids, thanks to the imaginative writing (by Tom Holland) and direction (by Richard Franklin).

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

05/25/2004

3/5

The last thing we need right now is another movie about a boy caught up in the world of computer games - but ''Cloak and Dagger,'' while fitting that mold, is clever and enjoyable anyhow.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

01/01/2021

2.5/4

...a decent-enough endeavor that's generally more watchable than it has any right to be.

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Rob Vaux

Mania.com

08/13/2014

C

For a movie so obsessed with the line between reality and make-believe, it never knows which side it wants to be on.

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TV Guide

10/29/2012

3.5/4

A film with much to recommend it, Cloak and Dagger feels like a Hitchcock movie produced by Walt Disney.

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Chaz N.

@Sicco66 Mar 27

Great 80's PG 13 movie

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Mar 26

Davey is a little boy whose mom is dead. Dad is always working so Davey has an imaginary friend that looks just like him. He is friends with an adult male. He witnesses a murder. He's shot at multiple times and uses a gun to kill a guy. He is almost stabbed. He's chloroformed. He's put in a car trunk with a dead body. He is violently threatened by a guy with an Uzi. Did I mention this is a family movie?

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Mark C.

@mrpiggy1992 Jan 27

Henry Thomas is an excellent child star of the 80s

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Dec 29

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 30

Success in 1 hour and 41 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ben N

@RT57607460 05/15/2025

My dad was supposed to take me to see this when I was 11. My mom didn't like movies, so he never did.

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Synopsis

With his mother dead and his father, Hal Osborne (Dabney Coleman), busy working, 11-year-old Davey (Henry Thomas) spends his time immersed in video games, often dreaming up espionage stories featuring imaginary spy Jack Flack (also Coleman). When Davey sees the murder of an FBI agent, the dying man hands him an Atari video game cartridge with military secrets. No one believes his story, and Davey is forced to go on the run, escaping from attempts on his life with Flack's guidance.

Director: Richard Franklin
Producer: Allan Carr
Screenwriter: Tom Holland
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 1984, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround