Frenchman's Farm Explained

Frenchman's Farm
Director:	Ron Way
Producer:	James Fishburn Matt White
Based On:	original script by William Russell
Starring:	Tracey Tainsh David Reyne Ray Barrett John Meillon
Music:	Tommy Tycho
Cinematography:	Malcolm McCulloch
Editing:	Pippa Anderson
Studio:	Mavis Bramston Productions
Runtime:	86 minutes
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Budget:	A$2.47 million^[1]
Gross:	A$2,780^[2]

Frenchman's Farm is a 1986 Australian horror mystery film.^[3]

Plot synopsis

Jackie Grenville is a university student in Australia, motoring through the rural region and suddenly finding herself in the 40s. She witnesses a horrible murder and is then zapped back to present times. After retracing her steps, she and her boyfriend Barry Norden try to solve the mystery and end up unearthing an unexpected fortune and a crazed killer.

Cast

• Tracey Tainsh as Jackie Grenville
• David Reyne as Barry Norden
• Norman Kaye as Reverend Aldershot
• John Meillon as Bill Dolan
• Ray Barrett as Harry Benson
• Phil Brock as John Hatcher
• Andrew Blackman as John Mainsbridge
• Andrew Johnston as William Morris

Production

Filming started 17 February 1986.^[4]

External links

• Frenchman's Farm at IMDb
  • Frenchman's Farm at Oz Movies
• Frenchman's Farm at Screen Australia
• Frenchman's Farm at Letterbox DVD

Notes and References

1. "In Production", Cinema Papers, November 1985 p49
2. http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria
3. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p294-295
4. "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64