Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
When desire is obsession and passion turns to madness.
A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
- Date of release
- 1988-10-26
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Mark Joffe
Casting
- Colin Friels — Tom Stewart
- John Waters — Morris Martin
- Bruno Lawrence — Det. Sgt. Ray Birch
- Shane Briant — Stephen Enderby
- Caz Lederman — Vivian Enderby
- Sandy Gore — Barbara Helmsley
- Kerry Armstrong — Annie
- Joy Bell — Claudine
- Kim Gyngell — Mick
- Craig Ashley — Agostino
- Gary Waddell — Eddie Weaks
- Gary Stalker — Derek Allen
Interesting facts
- Box office: A$82.3K
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 4
Grievous Bodily Harm is a 1988 Australian crime film directed by Mark Joffe starring Colin Friels and John Waters.
Production
The script was written by Warwick Hind, a former executive at Greater Union. Errol Sullivan showed the script to Richard Brennan, who raised up to around a $1 million of the budget; the remainder was raised through Antony I. Ginnane. Richard Brennan says the actual cost of the film was $3 million but various fees put it up to $3.4 million.
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