Crime of the Decade

1984 Australian film
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
75 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglish

Crime of the Decade is a 1984 Australian TV movie.[1]

Plot

A newly successful politician, Laurie Fletcher (John Gregg) hosts a dinner celebration. Meanwhile, a group of troubled youths (including Steve, Jeff and Elly) congregate in the community centre run by social worker Terry (John Jarratt). Elly flees home when her mother's partner tries to sexually assault her. The two worlds collide with disastrous consequences.

Cast

  • John Jarratt as Terry
  • Belinda Giblin as Jane Fletcher
  • John Gregg as Laurie Fletcher
  • John Hamblin as Ian Henderson
  • Vicki Luke as Sue Henderson
  • Paul Smith as Rolly
  • Toni Allaylis as Elly
  • Mark Davis as Steve
  • Gary Cook as Jeff
  • Bill Pearson as Richard Brown
  • Judy Nunn as Rolly’s Mother
  • Lynne Porteous as Elly’s Mother
  • Angela Cockburn as Steve’s Mother
  • Russell Newman as Constance Duncan
  • Antoinette Byron
  • Bob Baines
  • Christopher Truswell
  • Mercia Deane-Johns
  • Peter Hehir

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p32
  • Crime of the Decade at IMDb
  • Crime of the Decade at Ozmovies


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