The Understudy (1976 film)

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The Understudy
Directed byEric Luithle
StarringJohn McTernan
Jeanie Drynan
Don Barkham
Ivar Kants
Production
company
Sandbar Productions
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
CountriesAustralia
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$28,000 [1]

The Understudy is a 1976 Australian television film directed by Eric Luithle and starring John McTernan, Jeanie Drynan, Don Barkham, and Ivar Kants. It is about a film within a film. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p158