The City's Edge

The City's Edge is a 1983 Australian film co-written by aboriginal playwright Bob Merritt.[1]

The City's Edge
Directed byKen Quinnell
Produced byPom Oliver
Errol Sullivan
Written byKen Quinnell
Bob Merritt
Based onnovel The Running Man by W. A. Harbinson
StarringTommy Lewis
Hugo Weaving
Katrina Foster
Mark Lee
Production
company
CB Films Production
Release date
1983
Running time
86 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Andy comes to Sydney and falls in love with the sister of a heroin addict.

Production

The film was originally entitled Running Man and was never released theatrically in Australia although it was in the UK.[2]

Merritt later claimed he preferred to "write off" the experience but says it gave him the track record to make Short Changed (1985).[3]

References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p26
  2. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p205
  3. Mary Colbert, "Positive action: Bob Merritt, playwright and screenwriter", Cinema Papers, May 1985 p24


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