No Room to Run

No Room to Run (1977)

Concert promoter Nick Loomis is sent to Sydney by his ex father-in-law and boss Garth Kingswood, and asked to deliver a briefcase to a foreigner. When the man is killed in the airport, Loomis ends up entangled in corporate spying and is forced to fight for his life with the help of Terry McKenna, a woman from Austin working for the Sydney Opera House.

Date of release
1977-05-18
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
Director
Robert Michael Lewis

Casting

Interesting facts

No Room to Run is a 1977 Australian television film about an American businessman who kills a man in Sydney. The lead actors, writer, producer and director were all American. It stars real-life husband and wife Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss.

Production

The first of the movies was No Room to Run which was originally called Hunted.

The head of TransAtlantic wanted Rita Lakin to write a pilot called The Last Bride of Salem. She agreed provided he give her husband, Robert Michael Lewis, the job of directing one of the Australian films.

The stars were Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss, who were married in real life. They accepted the parts because it gave them a chance to visit Sydney, and because the film was a thriller, and both were better known for comedy . "I haven't played a serious role like this before, I'm always comedy oriented," said Prentiss.

They had acted together in the TV show He and She and on stage in The Norman Conquests, but had never previously appeared in a film together where they shared screen time (they were both in Catch 22 but did not appear in the same scenes).

Benjamin and Prentiss arrived in Sydney on September 8 and filming started September 14.

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