Zilch!

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Zilch!
Directed byRichard Riddiford
Written byJonathan Dowling
Richard Riddiford
Produced byAmanda Hocquard
StarringMichael Mizrahi
Lucy Sheehan
John Watson
CinematographyMurray Milne
Edited byChris Todd
Music by Chris Knox
Production
companies
Park Avenue Productions
Vardex Group
New Zealand Film Commission
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
99 minutes
Country New Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Zilch! is a 1989 New Zealand thriller, directed by Richard Riddiford. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Synopsis

A man (Sam) overhears a phone call about corruption and blackmail in the bidding for the construction of an Auckland cross harbour tunnel. [2] [4]

Cast

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