Image of Death

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| director = Kevin James Dobson

| producer = Robert Bruning

| writer = Bruce A. Wishart

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| starring = Cathy Paine
Tony Bonner

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| company = Gemini Productions

| released = {{Start date|1978}}

| runtime = 81 mins

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget = $120,000

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Image of Death is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a woman who likes to live off other people's money.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p85

It was produced by Robert Bruning's Gemini Productions.{{cite magazine|first1=Peter|last1= Beilby|first2=Scott|last2= Murray|title= Robert Bruning|magazine=Cinema Papers|date=September–October 1979|pages=517–519|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1979sepno023}} Director Kevin Dobson recalled it as an attempt by Bruning and Grundys "to make mid-Atlantic films for the US market. It was pretty ill-fated."{{cite magazine|magazine=Cinema Papers|title=Kevin Dobson|page=17|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1982febno036|date=February 1982}}

Plot

A woman kills her friend and takes over her identity.

Cast

Cathey Paine as Yvonne Arthur
Penne Hackforth-Jones as Maureen
Cheryl Waters as Barbara Shields
Sheila Helpmann as Lidia
Barry Creyton as TV producer
Barry Pierce as Mark
Tony Bonner as Carl
Queenie Ashton as Mrs Brooks
Max Meldrum as Gallery owner.

Production

Cheryl Waters was an Australian actor living in LA when cast. Cathey Paine was American.{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=August 28, 1977|title=Aussie role proves a wow|page=91}}

References

External links

[http://petermalone.misacor.org.au/tiki-index.php?page=Image+of+Death&bl Image of Death] at Peter Malone website
[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;page=1;query=gemini%20productions;rec=5;resCount=10 Image of Death] at National Film and Sound Archive
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180710163048/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72bd6cce Image of Death] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
{{Letterboxd title|image-of-death}}
{{IMDb title|0311321}}
[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6087393 Image of Death] at AustLit (subscription required)

Category:Australian television films

Category:1978 television films

Category:1978 films

Category:Films directed by Kevin James Dobson

Category:1970s English-language films

Category:1970s Australian films