Fake-Out

1982 American film

November 18, 1982 (1982-11-18)

Running time

91 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Fake-Out (also released as Nevada Heat) is a 1982 American crime comedy film directed by Matt Cimber, written by Cimber and John F. Goff, and starring Pia Zadora, Telly Savalas, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Larry Storch.

Plot

Cast

Pia Zadora as Bobbie Warren
Telly Savalas 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
George Buck Flower as Merrich
Tim Rossovich as Roy
Matt Cimber as Don
Rusty Feuer as Happy Johnson
Mercedes Hawthorne-Maharis as Warden Curtis
Connie Hair as Roberta
Meshulam Riklis as Spiveck
Charlotte Laws 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 Meshulam Riklis (the others were Butterfly and The Lonely Lady).^[1]^[2] Matt Cimber, who directed Butterfly, also made Fake Out.^[3]

Zadora described it as "a cops-and- robbers-and-nightclub-singer story, kind of like a long Kojak."^[4] She added the film "has me singing a little, but it's nothing I'm terribly proud of."^[5]

The film was mostly shot on location in Las Vegas, principally around the hotel Riviera.^[6]

References

^ "The Young and the Riklis". New York Magazine. February 25, 1982. p. 30.
^ Vagg, Stephen (March 10, 2020). "Ten Billionaires Who Were Stung by Hollywood". Filmink.
^ For a fistful of dollars The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]06 June 1981: 11.
^ PIA PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS FOR 'THE LONELY LADY' Rea, Steven X. Philadelphia Inquirer; Philadelphia, Pa. [Philadelphia, Pa]06 Oct 1983: C.1.
^ Klein, Alvin (March 7, 1982). "PIA ZADORA RELISHES HER STARDOM". New York Times.
^ MOVIES: THE MAN WHO PUT PIA'S NAME IN LIGHTS--HER HUSBAND Mann, Roderick. Los Angeles Times 3 May 1981: n24.