Afraid to Dance

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Afraid to Dance
Directed by Denny Lawrence
Written byPaul Cockburn
Produced byAndrena Finlay
StarringNique Needles
Rosey Jones
CinematographySteve Arnold
Edited byRichard Hindley
Music by Chris Neal
Production
company
Andrena Finlay Productions
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Afraid to Dance is a 1988 Australian film directed by Denny Lawrence and starring Nique Needles and Rosey Jones. [1] It was shot in 1988 and located at Sydney, New South Wales but was never released theatrically and went straight to video. [2]

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References

  1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p107
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p4