Deathcheaters (1976)
Meet Steve & Rod ... Stuntmen ... Saboteurs ... Hellraisers!
Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans-turned-stuntmen, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a top secret mission for the Australian government.
- Date of release
- 1976-12-16
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Adventure, Action, Drama, War
- Director
- Brian Trenchard-Smith
Casting
- John Hargreaves — Steve Hall
- Grant Page — Rodney Cann
- Margaret Gerard — Julia Hall
- Ziggy — Bismark
- Noel Ferrier — Culpepper
- Judith Woodroffe — Gloria
- Ralph Cotterill — The Uncivil Servant
- Drew Forsythe — Battle Scene Director
- John Krummel — Anticore Director
- Brian Trenchard-Smith — Hit & Run Director
- Annie Semler — Lina
- Roger Ward — 1st Police Sergeant
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Deathcheaters is a 1976 Australian action adventure film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring John Hargreaves and Grant Page.
Production
The film was funded by the Australian Film Commission, Channel 9 and D.L. Taffner. It was intended to be a pilot for a TV series that could be shown theatrically in Australia and sold to television outside.
It was shot in 16mm and blown up to 35mm for theatrical release. Trenchard Smith had worked with stuntman Grant Page several times and gave him his first lead role here. He also cast his wife, Margaret Gerard, as the female lead.
Trenchard Smith says the movie went $7,000 over budget.
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