form y separately published work icon The Surfer single work   film/TV   crime   thriller  
Note: Story by Frank Shields.
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 The Surfer
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'Gary Day plays Sam Barlow, a Vietnam vet now living a peaceful life at Surfers Paradise, where he rents out surfing equipment (he never actually gets to do any surfing during the film). When his best friend is murdered, apparently by a couple of Vietnamese hit-men, Barlow becomes involved. He stumbles upon a blackmail plot involving a government minister caught in bed with a Vietnamese girl, and finds himself reluctantly allied to the mysterious Gina (Dobrowolska) on a journey north to meet a vessel due to dock at Townsville, which is his only clue to the mystery.

'The journey north is an extremely eventful one, with the couple pursued by a murderous cop (Tony Barry) and a sinister mercenary (Rod Mullinar).'

Source: David Stratton, 'A Surfer Worth the Paddle', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 1988, p.12.

Notes

  • Selected to air at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival in 1987.

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