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Mel Gibson as Rick Monroe in the early episodes of Punishment (screen cap)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Punishment
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Film Details - Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1981

Producers:

Bruce Best

Production Companies:

Reg Grundy Enterprises

Editors:

Frayne Dyke and Graeme Mewett

Cast:

Including Barry Crocker (Governor Alan Smith), Mike Preston (Larry Morrison), Robert Coleby (Christopher Lang), Mel Gibson (Rick Monroe), Jon Ewing (Arthur Willets), Kris McQuade (Kate Randall), Robin Stewart (Hopgood), David Spencer (Tim Jarrett), Michele Fawdon (Susan Morrison), Brian Wenzel (Wally Webber), Cornelia Frances (Cathy Wells), and Penne Hackforth-Jones (Heather Rogers).

Release Dates:

According to Moran, 20 February 1981

Location:

  • Set in the fictional Longridge Prison, and filmed on a priosn set (said by Moran to have cost $85,000 at Channel 10 studios)
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