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Smash Palace (1981)
Directed by Roger Donaldson
“She's my daughter and I'll do what I like!”
Drama, Thriller · 1h 48m
Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms of another man, he takes his daughter, Georgie and heads for the bush, desperately hoping to hold on to the only family he has left.
Cast
Bruno Lawrence
Al Shaw
Anna Maria Monticelli
Jacqui Shaw
Greer Robson
Georgie Shaw
K
Keith Aberdein
Ray Foley
Desmond Kelly
Tiny
L
Lynne Robson
Linda
Margaret Umbers
Rose
B
Bryan Johnson
2nd Police Officer
Terence Donovan
Traffic Officer
D
Dick Rollo
Uncle Arthur
I
Ian Barber
Fight Leader
M
Mike Beytagh
Armed Offenders' Squad
Crew
- Director
- Roger Donaldson
- Writer
- Roger Donaldson, Peter Hansard, Bruno Lawrence
- Director of Photography
- Graeme Cowley
- Original Music Composer
- Sharon O'Neill
- Editor
- Michael Horton
- Producer
- Roger Donaldson, Larry Parr
Details
- Release date
- 1981-05-01
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- New Zealand Film Commission, Aardvark Films, Moviescripts