Harlequin

Australia, 1980

Film
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An influential politician and his wife fall prey to a man who saves the life of their son. He is a hypnotic faith healer called Wolf “The Harlequin” and his powers of manipulation are strong. A chief political adviser to the the politican attempts to remove “The Harlequin” and lessen his power but is confronted by a being with strong supernnatural powers. The climax is filled with unbelievable tension and terror. Starring David Hemmings, Robert Powell, Broderick Crawford and Carmen Duncan.

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Credits

director

Simon Wincer

producer

Antony Ginnane

production company

Far Flight

FG Films

Duration

01:33:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306756

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q3127478

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