Adam's Woman

Adam's Woman (1970)

Adam is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia.

Date of release
1970-03-19
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
Director
Philip Leacock

Casting

Interesting facts

Adam's Woman is a 1970 Australian-American historical drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow and John Mills. It has been called a "convict Western".

Production

The film was originally known as The Return of the Boomerang. It was announced in November 1965 as part of a four film slate by Motion Pictures International, a new company formed by Steve Broidy and Louis F. Edelman. In June 1966 it was reported that Lowell Barrington, author of the novel Return of the Boomerang had been signed by Broidy to write the script for Edelman, with filming to begin in the Australian summer.

In March 1967 Broidy said the film would be one of five he would make that year the others being The Fox, God's High Table, Ignatz and The Coasts of War. In April Edelman said that Lewis Allen would direct from a script by T. E. B. Clarke with filming to begin in October.

In February 1968 Eldeman announced that Philip Leacock would direct the film from a script by Clarke. The following month it was reported Richard Fielding was writing the script for Edelman with filming to begin "this fall".

By November 1968 the project was being made for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts and Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow, James Booth and John Mills were cast. The film was given a three-month schedule in Australia. In December Chips Rafferty was listed among the cast (but he does not appear in the final film.)

The film was titled Adam's Woman in December 1969.

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