1983 Australian film
| The City's Edge | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ken Quinnell |
| Written by | Ken Quinnell Bob Merritt |
| Based on | novel The Running Man by W. A. Harbinson |
| Produced by | Pom Oliver Errol Sullivan |
| Starring | Tommy Lewis Hugo Weaving Katrina Foster Mark Lee |
| Music by | Chris Neal |
| Production company | CB Films Production |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The City's Edge is a 1983 Australian film co-written by Aboriginal Australian writer Bob Merritt.
Plot
Andy comes to Sydney and falls in love with the sister of a heroin addict.
Cast
- Tommy Lewis
- Hugo Weaving as Andy White
- Katrina Foster
- Mark Lee as Jim Wentworth
- Joanne Samuel as Prostitute 1
Production
The film was originally entitled Running Man and was never released theatrically in Australia although it was in the UK.
Merritt later claimed he preferred to "write off" the experience but says it gave him the track record to make Short Changed (1985).
References
- Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 26
- David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 205
- Mary Colbert, "Positive action: Bob Merritt, playwright and screenwriter", Cinema Papers, May 1985 p. 24
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