Strangers (1991 film)

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Strangers
Directed by Craig Lahiff
Written byJohn Emery
Produced by Craig Lahiff
Wayne Groom
StarringJames Healey
Anne Looby
Production
companies
Distributed byVideo Box Office (video)
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1.2 million [1]

Strangers is a 1991 Australian film directed by Craig Lahiff and starring James Healey and Anne Looby.

Contents

Premise

Stockbroker Gary has an affair with the dangerous Anna.

Cast

Production

It was shot from 16 October to 24 November 1989. [1] [2]

Craig Lahiff says it was inspired by Strangers on a Train and claims it was the first movie financed by the Film Finance Corporation to make its budget back in sales. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, March 1990 p72
  2. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p148
  3. "Interview with Craig Lahiff", Peter Malone, 4 August 1997 accessed 19 November 2012