Crimebroker | |
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Directed by | Ian Barry |
Written by | Tony Morphett |
Based on | A story by Sean Goodwyn and Steve Matthews |
Produced by | Chris Brown Hiroyuki Ikeda Kazuo Nakamura John Sexton Andrew Warren |
Starring | Jacqueline Bisset |
Cinematography | Dan Burstall |
Edited by | Nicholas Beauman |
Music by | Roger Mason |
Production companies | John Sexton Productions Portman Productions Sogovision |
Distributed by | Network Ten TV Asahi |
Release date | July 1993 (Japanese release) |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | Australia Japan |
Language | English |
Budget | A$2.5 million [1] |
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