Run Chrissie Run!
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Run Chrissie Run! is a 1986 Australia
n film, directed by Chris Langman. Graham Hartley adapted the script from the novel When We Ran by Keith Leopold
. The film was released in the US under the title Moving Targets.
The film is not connected in any way with the unproduced radio play Run, Chrissie, Run by Fay Weldon
.
hitmen are pursuing Riley (Michael Aitkens
), because he killed one of their number. Riley is pursuing Eve (Carmen Duncan
), a former German terrorist, who is on the run in Australia with her teenage daughter Chrissie (Annie Jones
) and the proceeds of an old bank robbery in Germany. The two IRA hitmen, accompanied by an angry biker, track Eve and Chrissie to the Barossa Valley. Riley arrives on the scene in time for an explosive finale.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n film, directed by Chris Langman. Graham Hartley adapted the script from the novel When We Ran by Keith Leopold
Keith Leopold
Keith Leopold is an Australian author of English, French and German language adventure novels for children and young adults, and German Language Reference books...
. The film was released in the US under the title Moving Targets.
The film is not connected in any way with the unproduced radio play Run, Chrissie, Run by Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon CBE is an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society.-Biography:Weldon was...
.
Plot
Two IRAIrish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
hitmen are pursuing Riley (Michael Aitkens
Michael Aitkens
Michael Aitkens is a British writer of drama scripts for movies, television, and the traditional stage. He is well known in the UK for the BAFTA nominated BBC situation comedy Waiting for God, first shown in 1990. He has written for many of the UK's favourite drama and comedy series.Michael...
), because he killed one of their number. Riley is pursuing Eve (Carmen Duncan
Carmen Duncan
Carmen Joan Duncan is an Australian actress.-Biography:Carmen Duncan is known to Australian audiences as a character actress in films and on television...
), a former German terrorist, who is on the run in Australia with her teenage daughter Chrissie (Annie Jones
Annie Jones (actress)
Annie Jones is an Australian actress who is best known for her role as Jane Harris in the soap opera Neighbours. She has won 2 Logie Awards.-Biography:...
) and the proceeds of an old bank robbery in Germany. The two IRA hitmen, accompanied by an angry biker, track Eve and Chrissie to the Barossa Valley. Riley arrives on the scene in time for an explosive finale.
Cast
- Carmen DuncanCarmen DuncanCarmen Joan Duncan is an Australian actress.-Biography:Carmen Duncan is known to Australian audiences as a character actress in films and on television...
... Eve - Red SymonsRed SymonsRedmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show...
... Pitt - Michael Aitkens ... Riley
- Shane BriantShane BriantShane Briant is an actor and novelist. Briant studied Law at Trinity College Dublin but became a professional actor playing the name role in Hamlet at the Eblana theatre...
... Terrier - Nicholas EadieNicholas EadieNicholas Eadie is an Australian television actor.Born in Sydney, New South Wales to actor and Australian Broadcasting Commission radio announcer Mervyn Eadie, he attended Waverley College from 1968 to 1976, studied Arts at University of New England for one year in 1977, and studied at the National...
... Toe - Annie JonesAnnie Jones (actress)Annie Jones is an Australian actress who is best known for her role as Jane Harris in the soap opera Neighbours. She has won 2 Logie Awards.-Biography:...
... Chrissie - David Clencie ... Paul
- Peter Stratford ... Meyerdahl
- Sarah De Teliga ... Sue
- Simone BuchananSimone BuchananSimone Louise Buchanan is an Australian actress best known for her television roles as Debbie Kelly in the situation comedy Hey Dad..! and Samantha Fitzgerald in the soap opera Neighbours....
... Cathy - Joanna Moore ... Cricket coach
See also
- Australian films of 1986Australian films of 1986-1986:- External links :* at the Internet Movie Database...
- Cinema of AustraliaCinema of AustraliaCinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
- List of films shot in Adelaide
- List of Australian films
- South Australian Film CorporationSouth Australian Film CorporationSouth Australian Film Corporation is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972. Former State Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities....
External links
- Run Chrissie Run! - South Australian Film Corporation