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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1984 DVD Release: 11/23/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 19 Genres: Children's/Family, Family-Oriented Adventure, Glamorized Spy Film, Paranoid Thriller

Juvenile actor Henry Thomas, late of E.T., is the star of Cloak and Dagger. Given to telling whoppers, Thomas finds himself in a boy-who-cried-wolf dilemma when he overhears two spies plotting to smuggle valuable info out of the US. When he can't get his own father Dabney Coleman to believe him, Thomas turns disconsolately to a computer game called "Cloak and Dagger" and begins to fantasize, imagining that he is in cahoots with secret agent Jack Flack, also played by Coleman. Finally coming to grips with the fact that the mythical Jack Flack cannot help him this time, Thomas takes on the spies with the help of his schoolmates, who are also "Cloak and Dagger" addicts. Cloak and Dagger is a heavily disguised remake of 1949's The Window; both are based on the Cornell Woolrich story -The Boy Cried Murder. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Henry Thomas - Davey Osborne
Dabney Coleman - Jack Flack/Hal Osborne
Michael Murphy - Rice
Christina Nigra - Kim Gardener
John McIntire - George MacCready

The Dabney Coleman 80's kid classic Cloak and Dagger makes its long-awaited widescreen bow to DVD thanks to Universal Home Entertainment. With no menus or special features, the disc is devoid of anything special besides an anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen picture and Dolby Digital 2.0 sound. Picture quality is extremely uneven with severe grain marking some scenes, while others look to be solid with slightly evident edge enhancements. Fans of the film might buy it simply for the widescreen enticement, though don't expect anything more. This is definitely one that Universal will need to revisit down the line. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide