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Act of Piracy is a 1988 American/South African thriller film directed by John Cardos and starring Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer and Ray Sharkey.[4] While enjoying an exotic cruise to Australia, a family yacht is taken over by terrorists. It is also known as Barracuda.

Act of Piracy
Directed by	John 'Bud' Cardos
Written by	Hal Reed
Produced by	Edgar Bold Igo Kantor
Starring	Gary Busey Belinda Bauer Ray Sharkey Nancy Mulford
Cinematography	Vincent G. Cox
Edited by	Ettie M. Feldman
Music by	Morton Stevens
Release date	1988 (South Africa)[1][2][3]
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	United States South Africa
Language	English

Plot

Ted Andrews (Gary Busey) persuades his ex-wife Sandy (Belinda Bauer) to let their kids Mark (Mathew Stewardson) and Tracey (Candicé Hillebrand) accompany him and his girlfriend Laura Warner (Nancy Mulford) on a journey on his multimillion-dollar yacht to Australia, where he plans to sell the yacht.

However, after a few days, it turns out that Laura is member of a terrorist organization led by Jack Wilcox (Ray Sharkey), who wants the boat as a base for his operations. Jack takes over the yacht and only Ted can escape, and as a result, Mark and Tracey are kept as hostages.

Together with Sandy, Ted starts an international search to find Wilcox, and rescue Mark and Tracey.

Cast

• Gary Busey - Ted Andrews
• Belinda Bauer - Sandy Andrews
• Ray Sharkey - Jack Wilcox
• Nancy Mulford - Laura Warner
• Dennis Casey Park - Dennis
• Arnold Vosloo - Sean Stevens
• Ken Gampu - Herb Bunting
• Anthony Fridjohn - Philip O'Connor
• Mathew Stewardson - Mark Andrews
• Candice Hillebrand - Tracey Andrews
• Nadia Bilchik - Maria
• Roly Jansen - Carlos Ortiz
• Gordon Mulholland - Captain Jenkins
• Thoko Ntshinga - Cynthia
• Melody O'Brian - Nadine Andrews
• Brian O'Shaughnessy - Skipper
• Eckard Rabe - Agent Harris
• Joe Stewardson - Agent Johnson
• Bruce Wentzel - Mate
• Christobel D'Orthez - Karen Daly
• Thys Du Plooy - Ahmed
• Trevor Fish - Cameraman
• Mark Gilbert - Crew Man
• Scott J. Ateah - Cook
• Allen Booi - George Chibanda
• Douglas Bristow - C.W. Andrews
• John Cardos - Steward

References

External links

• Act of Piracy at IMDb
• Act of Piracy at AllMovie
• Act of Piracy at Rotten Tomatoes

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