Army Wives (1987 film)

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Army Wives
Directed by Denny Lawrence
Written by Anne Brooksbank
Based onarticle by Lyndall Crisp
Starring Julie Nihill
Lian Lunson
Shane Connor
Philip Quast
Music by Chris Neal
Production
companies
Roadshow Coote & Carroll
Australian Film Commission
Distributed byChannel Ten
Release date
1987
Running time
97 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.4 million [1]

Army Wives is a 1987 Australian television film directed by Denny Lawrence and starring Julie Nihill, Lian Lunson, Shane Connor, and Philip Quast. The plot is about two friends who marry soldiers in the army. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p8