Absent Without Leave (film) explained

Absent Without Leave
Director:	John Laing
Producer:	Robin Laing
Starring:	Craig McLachlan
Cinematography:	Allen Guilford
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	New Zealand
Language:	English

Absent Without Leave is a 1992 New Zealand drama film directed by John Laing and starring Craig McLachlan. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1] It was summed up by Russell Edwards of Filmnews as "an incomprehensible WW2 soap operaabout a dimwitted soldier (Craig McLachlan) and his whining clinging wife (Katrina Hobbs)."

Cast

• Craig McLachlan as James Edwards
• Katrina Hobbs as Daisy Edwards
• Judie Douglass as Ella
• Tony Barry as Peter
• Ken Blackburn as C.O.
• Tony Burton as Constable
• Francis Bell as Paddy
• Robyn Malcolm as Betty
• David Copeland as Claude
• Desmond Kelly as Daisy's Father
• Rebecca Hobbs as Daisy's Sister
• William Kircher as Sergeant Major
• Jed Brophy as Joe

External links

• • Absent Without Leave (1993) at New Zealand Feature Film Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: 18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993) . 10 March 2013 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140403093721/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1993 . 3 April 2014 .