Frauds is a 1993 Australian

Cinema of Australia

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 black comedy

Black comedy

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 film starring pop star Phil Collins

Phil Collins

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. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival

1993 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :* Louis Malle * Claudia Cardinale * Inna Churikova * Judy Davis * Abbas Kiarostami * Emir Kusturica * William Lubtchansky * Tom Luddy * Gary Oldman * Augusto M...

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Plot

The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.

Cast

• Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
  Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
  
   - Roland Copping
• Hugo Weaving
  Hugo Weaving
  Hugo Wallace Weaving is a Nigerian born, English-Australian film actor and voice artist. He is best known for his roles as Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy, Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, "V" in V for Vendetta, and performances in numerous Australian character dramas.-Early...
  
   - Jonathan Wheats
• Josephine Byrnes - Beth Wheats
• Mitchell McMahon - Young Roland Copping
• Andrew McMahon
  Andrew McMahon
  Andrew Ross McMahon is a singer/songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin; he also performs solo.-Early life:...
  
   - Young Matthew
• Rebel Penfold-Russell
  Rebel Penfold-Russell
  Rebel Penfold-Russell is an Australian film producer and occasional actress.She was the executive producer of movies such as Frauds, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Paws...
  
   - Mother (as Rebel Russell)
• Peter Mochrie
  Peter Mochrie
  Peter Mochrie is an actor who has appeared in various Australian television programs during his 25-year career. Since 2006 Mochrie has starred in the New Zealand soap Shortland Street as Dr Callum McKay....
  
   - Michael Allen
• Helen O'Connor - Margaret
• Colleen Clifford
  Colleen Clifford
  Eileen Margaret , better known as Colleen Clifford, was a British-born Australian musician, stage, film and television actress...
  
   - Mrs. Waterson
• Vincent Ball
  Vincent Ball
  Vincent Ball is an Australian actor who has worked both in Australia and in the United Kingdom....
  
   - Judge
• Gandhi MacIntyre - Cartel Valuer
• Christina Ormani - Telephone Girl
• Nicholas Hammond
  Nicholas Hammond
  Nicholas Hammond is an American actor best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music, and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man on the CBS television series The Amazing Spider-Man...
  
   - Detective Simms
• Kee Chan - Detective Alan
• Ian Cockburn - Matthew

Soundtrack

A soundtrack was issued by Picture This Records which features Guy Gross

Guy Gross

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's score for the film. The album is long out of print and difficult to obtain today.