The 13th Floor (1988 film)

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The 13th Floor
Directed byChris Roache
Written byChris Roache
Produced by David Hannay
Charles Hannah
executive
Tom Broadbridge
Starring Miranda Otto
Lisa Hensley
CinematographyStephen Prime
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU $600,000 (est.) [1]

The 13th Floor is a 1988 horror film directed by Chris Roache and starring Miranda Otto and Lisa Hensley. [1] [2]

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  1. 1 2 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p292, 295
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p152