“Stacey lives in paradise... and paradise is in big trouble.”
The plot centres on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early 1980s, when a disgraced former cop, Michael Stacey writes a book exposing police corruption, does an investigation resulting in 2 murders, exposes a religious cult and watches the army begin a military coup.
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Cast
24 people
Ray Barrett
Michael Stacey
Known for
Thunderbirds
Faraway Downs
Robyn Nevin
Kate
Known for
Top of the Lake
Relic
Carl Schultz
Bob Ellis
Jane Scott
John Seale
Janet Scrivener
Kathy
No other roles listed
Peter Best
Denny Lawrence
Kate Fitzpatrick
Mrs. McCreadie
Known for
Deep Water
Lex Marinos
Con
Also in
The Slap
All About E
Guy Doleman
Quiney
Known for
Thunderball
The Ipcress File
Carl Schultz Director · Bob Ellis Writer Denny Lawrence Writer
Budget $11M · First release May 15, 1982 · Produced in Australia
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Budget
$11,000,000
Production
Petersham Pictures
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 15, 1982
Cannes Film Market
Australia · July 21, 1983
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
August 21, 1988 · video premiere
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