Shotgun Wedding (1993 film)

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Shotgun Wedding
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Directed byPaul Harmon
Starring Aden Young
Zoe Carides
John Clayton
Production
company
David Hannay Productions
Distributed byBeyond Films
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$4,141,485 [1]
Box officeA$4,794 (Australia) [2]

Shotgun Wedding is a 1993 Australian film based on the Wally Mellish siege. [3] Directed by Paul Harmon, it stars Aden Young and Zoe Carides. The 1996 film Mr. Reliable was also based on the same story.

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References

  1. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, January 1992 p74
  2. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 November 2012
  3. ""Nobody Wants Wally"". The Rock Hill Herald. 1 July 1968. Retrieved 6 November 2012.[ dead link ]