Fake-Out

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. 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 films as star were financed by the company of her then husband Meshulam Riklis (the others were Butterfly and The Lonely Lady). Matt Cimber, who directed Butterfly, also made Fake Out.