The Newman Shame

The Newman Shame (1978)

John Brandy is an ex-cop on holiday in Singapore with his girlfriend Ginger when he hears an old Perth banker friend of his, Frank Newman, has committed suicide. He travels to Perth and discovers that Newman killed himself after being drugged at a party and found himself in a pornographic film; he was blackmailed and embezzled money to pay off his tormentors, but when the film was distributed anyway he decided to take his own life. Newman and Ginger decide to investigate who is behind the blackmail racket.

Date of release
1978-01-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
TV Movie, Thriller
Director
Julian Pringle

Casting

Interesting facts

The Newman Shame is a 1977 Australian television film starring George Lazenby and produced by Robert Bruning who previously worked together on Is There Anybody There? (1976). Bruning made it for his Gemini Productions, which was owned by Reg Grundy Productions.

Production

Most of Bruning's films for Gemini Productions were filmed in Sydney but The Newman Shame was made in Perth with some finance from Swan TV. There was also some location work in Singapore.

Lazenby made two films in Australia, The Man from Hong Kong and Is There Anybody There? as well as appearing on TV shows. He then relocated to the US but returned temporarily to Australia to make The Newman Shame.

Joan Bruce called Lazenby "the most unprofesional [sic?] man I have ever had the displeasure to work with."

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