The Empty Beach

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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Credits

director

Chris Thomson

co-producer

John Edwards

Timothy Read

production company

Jethro Films

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324885

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Adaptations

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Detective and mystery films

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1985

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