Weekend of Shadows

A small country town in the thirties. A farmer’s wife is murdered and suspicion immediately falls on a Polish labourer who has disappeared. The local policeman forms a posse to search for the missing man. Tension mount amongst the members of the posse, all of whom have a past secret to hide or live down. Cast includes John Waters. Photography: Richard Wallace ; writer, Peter Yeldham.

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Credits

director

Tom Jeffrey

co-producer

Matt Carroll

Tom Jeffrey

production company

Samson Productions

Duration

01:34:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1978

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324759

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Murder

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1978

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