Cloak & Dagger (1984 film)
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| Directed by | Richard Franklin |
| Screenplay by | Tom Holland |
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| Based on | "The Boy Cried Murder" by Cornell Woolrich |
| Produced by | Allan Carr |
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| Cinematography | Victor J. Kemper |
| Edited by | Andrew London |
| Music by | Brian May |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $9.7 million (US) |
Cloak & Dagger is a 1984 American spy adventure film directed by Richard Franklin, and starring Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, and Michael Murphy. It was written by Tom Holland and based on a Cornell Woolrich short story, "The Boy Cried Murder", which had been filmed as The Window (1949). It was originally released in a double feature with The Last Starfighter on July 13, 1984, and was released separately on August 10, 1984. The film grossed $9.7 million in the United States. Thomas was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Actor.