Dead Wrong (film) explained

Dead Wrong
Director:Len Kowalewich
Producer:Len Kowalewich
Starring:Winston Rekert
Britt Ekland
Music:Karl Kobylansky
Cinematography:Doug McKay
Editing:Jana Fritsch
Studio:Heritage
Sounder Productions
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Dead Wrong is a Canadian crime thriller film, directed by Len Kowalewich and released in 1983.[1] The film stars Winston Rekert as Sean Phelan, a financially struggling fisherman who agrees to smuggle marijuana into Canada aboard his boat, and Britt Ekland as Penny Lancaster, an undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who joins his crew in an attempt to catch and arrest him, but finds herself falling in love with him.[2]

The cast also includes Dale Wilson, Jackson Davies and Alex Diakun.

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984, for Best Cinematography (Doug McKay) and Best Original Score (Karl Kobylansky).[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Gerald Pratley]
  2. Michael Walsh, "Drug Double-Dealing: So Canadian to play cops for laughs". The Province, December 30, 1983.
  3. [Jay Scott]