Parker (1984 film)

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Parker
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Directed by Jim Goddard
Written by Trevor Preston
Produced by Peter Jaques
Nigel Stafford-Clark
Starring Bryan Brown
CinematographyPeter Jessop
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music by Richard Hartley
Production
company
Distributed by Virgin Films
Release dates
  • 1 November 1984 (1984-11-01)(MIFED, Milan)
  • 3 May 1985 (1985-05-03)(UK)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Parker is a 1984 British crime film directed by Jim Goddard and starring Bryan Brown, Cherie Lunghi and Kurt Raab, in which a British businessman disappears on a visit to Germany. [1] The film premiered at the MIFED international film and multimedia market in Milan on 1 November 1984 before being released theatrically in the UK on 3 May 1985.

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  1. BFI.org