Surrender in Paradise (1976)
Around 1900, bushranger Rusty Swan receives a message that his mother is dying. He sets off with his partner Cecil and girlfriend Valda to see her, chased by a posse led by Sergeant Rutter. They travel through time and wind up in modern-day Surfers Paradise.
- Date of release
- 1976-04-10
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Western, Science Fiction
- Director
- Peter Cox
Casting
- Carolyn Howard — Valda
- Errol O'Neill — Sergeant Rutter
- Ross Gilbert — Rusty Swan
- Rod Wissler — Cecil
- Robb Ireland — Mortlake
Interesting facts
Surrender in Paradise is a 1976 Australian film directed by Peter Cox and starring Ross Gilbert and Errol O'Neill. It has been referred to as "Queensland's first alternative film".
Production
Two thirds of the film's cost was provided by the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia council. Shooting took place in November and December 1975 near Brisbane and on the Queensland Gold Coast.
It was the first and only feature film from Queensland director Peter Cox.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Timescape 1992 · ★ 6.4
- Frankenstein Unbound 1990 · ★ 5.9
- Cosmos 2019 · ★ 6.0
- True History of the Kelly Gang 2019 · ★ 5.9
- The Warrior's Way 2010 · ★ 6.6
- Die Alone 2024 · ★ 6.5
- The Dark Tower 2017 · ★ 5.8
- Frequencies 2013 · ★ 6.6
- Purgatory 1999 · ★ 7.2
- Chaos Walking 2021 · ★ 6.5
- Slash/Back 2022 · ★ 6.4
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955 · ★ 6.4