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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Film Details - Frontier Films , 1986

Producers:

Grahame Jennings (executive producer).
Frank Shields and James M. Vernon (producers).

Production Companies:

Frontier Films.

Director of Photography:

Michael Edols.

Editors:

Greg Bell.

Production Designers:

Martin O'Neill.

Music:

Davood A. Tabrizi.

Cast:

Including Gary Day (Sam Barlow); Gosia Dobrowolska (Gina); Rod Mullinar (Hagan); Tony Barry (Calhoun); Gerard Maguire (Jack); Kris McQuade (Trish); Stephen Leeder (Slaney); Rose Adami (Slaney's wife); Tony Bellette (Car salesman); Alexandra Black (Country barmaid); Raymond Chan (Long-haired Vietnamese man); David Clendenning (Murph); Sueyan Cox (Casino barmaid); Jose Element (Garage boy); Joan Grimsley (Girl Guide leader); Tyrone Hopkins (Indigenous Australian passenger); Claire Hobson (Jack's daughter); Fred Pembleton (Minister for Housing); Gregory Ross (Garage man); and Bill Sandy, Nancy Mary Sandy, and Linda Sandy (Indigenous Australian family).

Location:

  • Filmed in Queensland, including the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.
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