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Director
  
Christopher Fraser

Sequel
  
Breaking Loose

Duration
  

Country
  
Australia

4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Thriller

Budget
  
66,000 AUD

Writer
  
Phillip Avalon

Language
  
English

Summer City movie poster

Release date
  
22 December 1977

Initial release
  
December 22, 1977 (Australia)

Cast
  
Phillip Avalon
(Robbie),
John Jarratt
(Sandy),
Mel Gibson
(Scollop),
Steve Bisley
(Boo),
James Elliott
(Caroline's Father),
Debbie Forman
(Caroline)

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Summer City (also known as Coast of Terror) is a 1977 Australian drama thriller film, filmed in Newcastle, Australia. The film also features (a then-unknown) Mel Gibson in his debut role.

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Plot

In the early 1960s, Sandy (John Jarratt), Boo (Steve Bisley), Scollop (Mel Gibson) and Robbie (Phil Avalon) drive to the beaches north of Sydney for a surfing weekend. The boys are planning to give Sandy a memorable ‘one last fling’ before his impending marriage. Tension flares between university-educated Sandy and ocker Boo when Sandy decides not to join in the fun. At a local dance, Boo seduces Caroline (Debbie Forman), the teenage daughter of a caravan park owner (James Elliott) who discovers what has happened and comes looking for Boo with a gun.

Cast

  • Mel Gibson as Scollop
  • John Jarratt as Sandy
  • Phil Avalon as Robbie
  • Steve Bisley as Boo
  • James Elliott as Caroline's father
  • Debbie Forman as Caroline
  • Abigail as the woman in pub
  • Ward "Pally" Austin as himself
  • Judith Woodroffe as the waitress
  • Carl Rorke as Giuseppe
  • Ross Bailey as Nail
  • Hank Tick as Caveman
  • Bruce Cole as the man in car
  • Vicki Hekimian as Donna
  • Karen Williams as Gloria
  • Gary Tidd as Rocker in milk bar
  • Len Purdie as rocker in milk bar

    • Production

    The film was shot on 16mm and blown up to 35 mm. Shooting began in October 1976 and took place near Sydney and Newcastle, especially in the town of Catherine Hill Bay

    Release

    The film proved popular and had a long run. It led to a sequel Breaking Loose (1988).

    References

    Summer City Wikipedia
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    Summer City IMDb Summer City themoviedb.org