Army Wives (1987 film)

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Army Wives
Based onarticle by Lyndall Crisp
Written by Anne Brooksbank
Directed by Denny Lawrence
Starring Julie Nihill
Lian Lunson
Shane Connor
Philip Quast
Music by Chris Neal
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time97 mins
Production companiesRoadshow Coote & Carroll
Australian Film Commission
Budget$1.4 million [1]
Original release
Network TEN
Release1987 (1987)

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