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Director
  
Brian Trenchard-Smith

Music director
  
Peter Martin

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.6/10
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Genre
  
Action, Adventure

Screenplay
  
Michael Cove

Country
  
Australia

Deathcheaters movie poster

Release date
  
16 December 1976

Writer
  
Michael Cove (screenplay), Brian Trenchard-Smith (story)

Initial release
  
December 16, 1976 (Australia)

Cast
  
Brian Trenchard-Smith
(Hit & Run Director (as Brian Trenchard Smith)),
John Hargreaves
(Steve Hall),
Grant Page
(Rodney Cann),
Annie Semler
(Lina (as Anne Semler))

Similar movies
  
Related Brian Trenchard-Smith movies

Tagline
  
Meet Steve & Rod ... Stuntmen ... Saboteurs ... Hellraisers!

Deathcheaters is a 1976 Australian action adventure film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring John Hargreaves and Grant Page.

Contents

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Plot

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Steve and Rodney are two ex-Vietnam commandos who do stunt work for television. They are hired by the government to raid the island stronghold of a Filipino racketeer and secure papers from his safe. The two men make the raid and escape using a hang-glider.

Cast

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  • John Hargreaves as Steve Hall
  • Grant Page as Rodney Cann
  • Margaret Gerard as Julia Hall
  • Noel Ferrier as Mr Culpepper
  • Judith Woodroffe as Gloria
  • Ralph Cotterill as uncivil servant
  • John Krumme as Anticore director
  • Drew Forsythe as battle director
  • Brian Trenchard-Smith as hit and run director
  • Michael Aitkens as police driver
  • Roger Ward as police sergeant
  • Wallas Eaton as police sergeant
  • Dale Aspin as lady car driver
  • Peter Collingwood as Mr Langham
  • Chris Haywood as butcher
  • Ann Semler as Lina
  • Max Aspin as bank robber
  • David Bracks as bank robber
  • Reg Evans as army sergeant
  • Vincent Ball as naval intelligence officer

    • Production

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    The film was funded by the Australian Film Commission, Channel 9 and D.L. Taffner. It was intended to be a pilot for a TV series that could be shown theatrically in Australia and sold to television outside.

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    It was shot in 16mm and blown up to 35mm for theatrical release. Trenchard Smith had worked with stuntman Grant Page several times and gave him his first lead role here. He also cast his wife, Margaret Gerard, as the female lead.

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    Trenchard Smith says the movie went $7,000 over budget.

    Release

    The film performed disappointingly in Australia theatrically. It had a presale to Channel Nine for $50,000, overseas sales of $40,000 and local rentals of $30,000, so made $120,000. In 1979 Trenchard-Smith was still confident the film would be profitable.

    (In 1977 Antony I. Ginnane claimed the film netted $130,000 in overseas sales.)

    Reception

    On Rotten Tomatoes, Andrew L. Urban of Urban Cinefile positively commented "nobody in their right minds would do it again, not with real actors today not even with stuntmen. Unmissable!"

    Accolades

    Ron Williams was nominated for Best Editing at the 1977 Australian Film Institute Awards.

    References

    Deathcheaters Wikipedia
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