Bill McCluskey
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3 Acts of Murder
2009-06-14
3 Acts of Murder
Overview: In 1928 Arthur Upfield, Australia’s premier crime writer, plotted the perfect murder for his novel The Sands of Windee. Meanwhile, one of his friends, stockman Snowy Rowles, put the scheme into deadly effect, even before the book was published. This true story resulted in one of Australia’s most sensational murder trials of the 1930’s and catapulted Upfield’s name onto the world stage.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-14
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The Chain Reaction
1980-09-25
The Chain Reaction
Overview: Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-25
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The Great Gold Swindle
1984-02-01
The Great Gold Swindle
Overview: The true story of a half million dollar gold robbery which took place in Perth Western Australia in 1982.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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Shame
1988-02-26
Shame
Overview: Hardened prosecutor Asta Cadell leaves home for a road trip down the coast of Australia. But Cadell's relaxing ride turns tense when her motorcycle malfunctions and she makes a pit stop in a remote town. Cadell meets teen Elizabeth Curtis, who confides that she has just been raped, and Cadell helps the young woman report the crime to the authorities. When police corruption stands in the way of justice, she takes matters into her own hands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-26
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Teesh and Trude
2002-07-18
Teesh and Trude
Overview: Teesh and Trude is the humorous, yet biting story of two hard and damaged women living on a diet of soapies, frustration and sarcasm. It reveals the dysfunction, denial and desperation of two people trapped by circumstances, apathy and class.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-18
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Thunderstruck
2004-05-20
Thunderstruck
Overview: After a near death experience, five Boys, all devoted AC/DC fans, make a pact to bury their best friend next to the grave of Bon Scott. 12 years later, having gone their different ways, they come together to fulfill the promise.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-20
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Doctors & Nurses
1981-12-26
Doctors & Nurses
Overview: Doctors and Nurses is a gimmick film, a down under age reversal trick in the style of Alan Parker's 'Bugsy Malone'. A bunch of kids play the game of Doctors and Nurses - of the inoffensive dress-up kind - tending a bunch of adults suffering from a variety of ailments.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-26
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Manganinnie
1980-08-15
Manganinnie
Overview: Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal way of life are forever gone. It is the story of the Black Drive of 1830, the near-genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-15
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Strike of the Panther
1989-01-04
Strike of the Panther
Overview: Jason Blade is a man who can't bring himself to commit fully to his woman, and who spends all his time with a special crime task force taking on assignments to fight crime and right wrong do-ers. When his love is kidnapped by his arch-enemy the race is on to get into the power station where she is being held and battle an army of ninjas. Only then can he face Baxter, his arch-enemy, and stop a bomb from exploding to save his sweetheart, and show her that he is a man. A man who can commit. A man who is strong.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-04
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Fast Talking
1984-08-16
Fast Talking
Overview: A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-16
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Evil Angels
1988-11-03
Evil Angels
Overview: Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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An Accidental Soldier
2013-09-14
An Accidental Soldier
Overview: An unexpected love story set in WW1 France between a young Australian baker who has deserted the front line, and a grieving French woman, who puts her own life at risk by sheltering him from the authorities.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-14
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