Trial Run
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Housewife Rosemary Edmonds leaves her family to take up residence in a remote cottage on the Otago coastline so that she can conduct a photographic essay on the yellow-eyed penguin. No sooner has she moved in than she becomes the victim of a series of increasingly more malevolent attacks from an unknown assailant.
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Cast
18 people
Annie Whittle
Rosemary Edmonds
Known for
The World's Fastest Indian
Judith Gibson
Frances Hunt
Also in
Bombs Over Burma
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Melanie Read
Alane Hunter
Christopher Broun
James Edmonds
No other roles listed
Don Reynolds
Also in
The Last Round-up
Philippa Mayne
Anna Edmonds
No other roles listed
Chris Broun
James Edmonds
Stephen Tozer
Michael Edmonds
Also in
Xena: Warrior Princess
Young Hercules
Philipa Mayne
Anna Edmonds
Martyn Sanderson
Alan West
Also in
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Shortland Street
Lee Grant
Mrs. Jones
Also in
White Fang
Arriving Tuesday
Melanie Read Director · Allen Guilford Cinematographer Finola Dwyer Editor
First release January 1, 1984 · Produced in New Zealand · Production New Zealand Film Commission, Double Feature Investments
Production
Cinema and Television Productions
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
Double Feature Investments
Production
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · January 1, 1984
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
July 17, 1985 · Theatrical
France
May 18, 1984 · Premiere · Cannes Film Market
Germany
July 23, 2021 · Physical
Portugal
August 15, 1985 · Theatrical
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