Ein Toter weiß zuviel

Ein Toter weiß zuviel (1985)

The Empty Beach

Privatdetektiv Cliff Hardy (Bryan Brown) soll einen Geschäftsmann finden, der angeblich vor zwei Jahren ertrunken ist. Der Totgegeglaubte, der sich in Wirklichkeit bester Gesundheit erfreut, ist ein eiskalter Gangster. Er hatte sein Ableben inszeniert, um unterzutauchen. Bei seinen Nachforschungen gerät Hardy prompt in Lebensgefahr.

Erscheinungsdatum
1985-09-12
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (6)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 25 Min.
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Krimi
Regie
Chris Thomson

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Einspielergebnis: 34.341 AU$
  • Basiert auf: The Empty Beach

The Empty Beach is a 1985 Australian thriller film based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Peter Corris, starring Bryan Brown as private investigator Cliff Hardy.

Production

Filming started 8 October 1984 at Elizabeth Bay and mostly took place around Bondi. John Seale made the film after Witness.

According to Corris, "Bryan Brown was good, perhaps too good. I heard later that some of the cast were so overawed by him they gave lame performances. The director, Chris Thompson, and Brown were said to have been at odds. The female lead, supposed to be whippet-thin and feisty, was so when cast but was pregnant by the time of shooting and wore enveloping garments."

According to David Stratton, Thomson also clashed with cinematographer John Seale throughout the shoot.

However, when Corris saw a rough cut of 94 minutes he "impressed. I still dislikled a lot of it but I thought Bryan was good and I liked John Wood." Corris says when he saw the final film, reduced to 89 minutes, "dismay was back. I liked the opening song but the wink at the nuns now looked cliched and dumb. All the effects striven for were old hat, done often before stuff.

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