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Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

Year of completion
1987
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Drama
Duration
91 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

An art teacher at a Catholic girls' school mysteriously works as a hooker on the inter-state express. She knows what she's getting into and she has her reasons. What she doesn't count on is falling in love with one of her clients and becoming captured in a dark web of deceit and murder.
Completion Year
1987
Genres
Drama
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Executive Producer

Ross Dimsey, William T Marshall, Peter Sherman, Robert Ward

Producer

Ross Dimsey, Patric Juillet

Director

Bob Ellis

Writer

Bob Ellis, Denny Lawrence

Editor

Tim Lewis

Director of Photography

Yuri Sokol

Composer

Peter Sullivan

Production Designer

Tracy Watt

Cast

Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye, John Clayton

Awards

1988 — International Festival of Film, Television and Video of Rio de Janeiro – Best Actress - Wendy Hughes

Screenings

1988 — Miami Film Festival

1987 — Montreal World Film Festival

1988 — International Festival of Film, Television and Video of Rio de Janeiro

1988 — Santa Barbara International Film Festival

1988 — San Francisco International Film Festival

1995 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film

1987 — Vancouver International Film Festival

Sales

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Production Company

Western Pacific Films

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