Image of Death

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Image of Death
Directed by Kevin James Dobson
Written byBruce A. Wishart
Produced by Robert Bruning
Starring Cathy Paine
Tony Bonner
Production
company
Gemini Productions
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
81 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$120,000 [1]

Image of Death is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a woman who likes to live off other people's money. [1]

Contents

It was produced by Robert Bruning's Gemini Productions. [2] Director Kevin Dobson recalled it as an attempt by Bruning and Grundys "to make mid-Atlantic films for the US market. It was pretty ill-fated." [3]

Plot

A woman kills her friend and takes over her identity.

Cast

Production

Cheryl Waters was an Australian actor living in LA when cast. Cathey Paine was American. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p85
  2. Beilby, Peter; Murray, Scott (September–October 1979). "Robert Bruning". Cinema Papers. pp. 517–519.
  3. "Kevin Dobson". Cinema Papers. February 1982. p. 17.
  4. "Aussie role proves a wow". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 1977. p. 91.