Running from the Guns | |
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Directed by | John Dixon |
Written by | John Dixon |
Produced by | Geoff Burrowes |
Starring | Jon Blake Mark Hembrow Nikki Coghill Terence Donovan Peter Whitford |
Cinematography | Keith Wagstaff |
Edited by | Ray Daley |
Music by | Bruce Rowland |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Hoyts |
Release date |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | A$6.6 million [1] [2] |
Box office | AU $72,356 (Australia) [3] [4] |
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Filming took place in late 1985. [2]
The film received poor reviews. [7]
Filmink later said "There’s no reason films like this couldn’t have worked in Australia, this just wasn’t done that well." [8]
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