Innocent Prey

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Innocent Prey
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Directed by Colin Eggleston
Screenplay byRon McLean
Story byColin Eggleston
Produced byColin Eggleston
Starring P.J. Soles
Martin Balsam
Kit Taylor
CinematographyVincent Monton
Edited byPippa Anderson
Music by Brian May
Production
company
Premiere Pictures Corporation
Release date
8 August 1991
Running time
77 minutes
CountryAustralia
Language English

Innocent Prey is an Australian erotic thriller film which was shot in 1984 but was released in 1991. [1]

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Plot

Cathy Willis arrives home in Dallas to find her husband, Joe, has just murdered a hooker and is arrested and committed to an insane asylum. After he escapes, Cathy flees to Australia and lives with her friend Gwen. Unfortunately, Cathy's safety is at stake since Gwen's landlord spies on his residents through hidden surveillance cameras.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Sydney and Dallas under the title of Voyeur. [2]

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References

  1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p290
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p87