Is There Anybody There? (film)
| Is There Anybody There? | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Maxwell |
| Produced by | Robert Bruning |
| Written by | Bruce A Wishart |
| Starring |
Wendy Hughes George Lazenby Charles Tingwell |
| Music by | Bob Young |
Production company |
Gemini Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount |
Release dates | 1976 |
Running time | 74 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Is There Anybody There? is a 1976 Australian TV movie directed by Peter Maxwell. It has been called the first colour tele movie made in Australia.[1]
Synopsis
A beautiful woman, Kate (Tina Grenville), is released from a sanatorium unaware that while she was away her husband John (George Lazenby) has begun an affair with her sister Marianne (Wendy Hughes). The two sisters live together in a creepy apartment block while John is away, and find themselves stalked by some mysterious strangers, Rosa (Chantal Contouri) and Duncan (Patrick Ward).
Marianne believes that she is being confused with Kate - but it turns out the whole thing is a plot by Kate to revenge herself on Marianne and John. Marianne accidentally shoots John to death and then Kate shoots Marianne and escapes with John's money and her lover, Duncan - who has murdered Rosa.
Cast
- George Lazenby as John
- Wendy Hughes as Marianne
- Tina Grenville as Kate
- Charles Tingwell as Redwood
- Patrick Ward as Duncan
- Chantal Contouri as Rosa
- Gordon McDougall
- Stuart Wagstaff
- Robert Bruning
Production
Robert Bruning had previously made a TV movie for Channel 9 called Paradise (1975) which he later called "terrible". He calls this film "the first of the true-all film tele features".[2] It rated very well on Channel 7 and launched him on a series of TV movies for Australian TV.