Bryan Brown is Cliff Hardy, private investigator, in “The Empty Beach”, a powerful Australian crime thriller based on the novel by Peter Corris. It begins as a routine investigation into a supposed drowning. But Hardy soon found himself running for his life in the seedy, violent underworld of Sydney’s playground, Bondi. An involving journey into the corrupt underworld of Sydney, “The Empty Beach” also stars Anna Maria Monticelli, Ray Barrett, Nick Tate and Belinda Giblin.
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ACMI Identifier
324885
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Detective and mystery films
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)