Frauds

Frauds (1993)

He's No Ordinary Insurance Man -- You Can Bet Your Life On It!

The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.

Date of release
1993-06-04
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Director
Stephan Elliott

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$29.7K
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Frauds is a 1993 Australian thriller comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott and starring Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving and Josephine Byrnes. The film focuses on Roland Copping (Collins), a sociopathic insurance investigator who blackmails a married couple about the accidental killing of their friend during a prank gone wrong. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

Production

The film was made by Latent Image Productions, a production company formed by Rebel Penfold-Russell, Andrena Finlay and Stuart Quin. Stephan Elliot wanted to use Phil Collins after seeing him in an episode of Miami Vice and contacted him through Finlay's husband, Al Clark, who used to work for Virgin Films, and was supported and financed through J&M executive Michael Ryan.

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