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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Big Steal
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Film Details - Cascade Films , 1990

Producers:

David Parker and Nadia Tass.

Production Companies:

Cascade Films.

Production Designers:

Paddy Reardon.

Music:

Phil Judd.

Cast:

Including Ben Mendelsohn (Danny Clark), Claudia Karvan (Joanna Johnson), Marshall Napier (Desmond Clark), Damon Herriman (Mark Jorgensen), Angelo D'Angelo (Vangeli Petrakis), Tim Robertson (Desmond Johnson), Maggie King (Edith Clark), Steve Bisley (Gordon Farkas), Sheryl Munks (Pam Schaeffer), Lise Rodgers (Mrs Johnson), Frankie J. Holden (Frank), Mark Hennessy (Jimmy), Roy Edmunds (George), and Mike Nikol (Dougy).

Release Dates:

Released in Australia and the United States on 20 September 1990.

Location:

  • Filmed and set in Melbourne, Victoria.

Post Production:

Spectrum Films International.

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role [Steve Bisley] (won), 1990.
  • AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (won), 1990.
  • AFI Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated), 1990.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (nominated), 1990.
  • AFI Award, Best Actress in a Lead Role (nominated), 1990.
  • AFI Award, Best Actor in a Lead Role (nominated), 1990.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nominated), 1990.
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Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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