The Plumber

The Plumber (1979)

When your waterworks come back to haunt you!

A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.

Date of release
1979-06-08
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (65)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
TV Movie, Thriller
Director
Peter Weir

Casting

Interesting facts

The Plumber is a 1979 Australian psychological thriller film about a psychotic plumber who terrorizes a grad student. Written and directed by Peter Weir, The Plumber was originally made and broadcast as a television film in Australia in 1979 but was subsequently released to theatres in several countries beginning with the United States in 1981. The film was made shortly after Weir's critically acclaimed Picnic at Hanging Rock became one of the first Australian films to appeal to an international audience. The film stars Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Candy Raymond, and Robert Coleby, all of them being most notable at the time as actors in Australian soap operas.

Production

The film was one of three movies the South Australian Film Corporation had contracted to make for Channel Nine. It was shot on 16mm over three weeks. In an interview, Weir said that the idea for the film came from a dinner conversation with a friend about a plumber who had "terrorized" her.

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