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1986 Australian film

Frenchman's Farm
Theatrical film poster
Directed by	Ron Way
Written by	James Fishburn Ron Way Matt White
Based on	original script by William Russell
Produced by	James Fishburn Matt White
Starring	Tracey Tainsh David Reyne Ray Barrett John Meillon
Cinematography	Malcolm McCulloch
Edited by	Pippa Anderson
Music by	Tommy Tycho
Production company	Mavis Bramston Productions
Release date	1986 (1986)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$2.47 million
Box office	A$2,780

Frenchman's Farm is a 1986 Australian horror mystery film.

Plot synopsis

Jackie Grenville is a university student in Australia, motoring through the rural region and suddenly finding herself in the 40s. She witnesses a horrible murder and is then zapped back to present times. After retracing her steps, she and her boyfriend Barry Norden try to solve the mystery and end up unearthing an unexpected fortune and a crazed killer.

Cast

Tracey Tainsh as Jackie Grenville
David Reyne as Barry Norden
Norman Kaye as Reverend Aldershot
John Meillon as Bill Dolan
Ray Barrett as Harry Benson
Phil Brock as John Hatcher
Andrew Blackman as John Mainsbridge
Andrew Johnston as William Morris

Production

Filming started 17 February 1986.

References

"In Production", Cinema Papers, November 1985 p49
"Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2012
David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p294-295
"Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64

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