Olivia Hamnett Movies
- 1997
- R
Janet Meyers directed this TV movie about the search for Jack the Ripper in London of 1888. As Inspector Hansen (Patrick Bergin) searches for the murderer of East End prostitutes, his suspicions focus on Prince Albert Victor (Samuel West), eldest son of the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria's grandson. Filmed in Melbourne, Australia, this drama premiered December 6, 1997 on the Starz! channel. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Patrick Bergin, Gabrielle Anwar, (more)
- 1988
When a girl is pushed to her death from a university tower, her fellow student (Penny Cook) remains unconcerned until her ex-husband (Patrick Frost) is accused of the murder. She then begins to investigate the crime, and unravels a mysterious conspiracy involving university keys. ~ John Bush, Rovi
- 1987
A group of college coeds are targeted for murder by an unknown assailant in this Australian thriller. A woman is hospitalized after she is attacked and thrown from a window. The mystery murderer finishes the job while she is confined to her bed. In a take-off of Psycho, a female detective is murdered on a stairway, while a scissor-stabbing death recalls the notorious scene from Dial M For Murder. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Penny Cook, Anna-Maria Winchester, (more)
- 1980
- PG
Despite its title, The Earthling is not a science fiction opus. Instead, it's a low-key character study about a doomed man who finds a new lease on life by helping another lost soul. Suffering from terminal cancer, Patrick Foley (William Holden) returns to his native Australia. Intending to live out his last few months alone, Foley comes out of his shell long enough to teach impressionable young orphan Shawn Daley (Ricky Schroder) a few Bush Country survival skills. Ironically, director Peter Collinson was himself a cancer victim, who died shortly after the film's completion. The Earthling works best on a kiddie-matinee level, with Holden's performance and the gorgeous photography its chief assets. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- William Holden, Rick Schroder, (more)
Peter Weir follows up on his critically acclaimed masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock with this surrealist psychological drama. The film opens with a freak hailstorm in Australia's outback. Cut to David Burton (Richard Chamberlain), a well-to-do Sydney corporate lawyer plagued by visions of impending doom who is assigned to defend five accused of murdering a fellow Aborigine. The case itself proves to be mysterious -- no exact cause of death can be determined by the pathologist, and the accused remain strangely tight-lipped about the whole affair. As his visions grow increasingly weird and intense, Burton sees in his dream one of the five Aborigines, Chris (David Gulpili of Walkabout fame), who is drenched and clutching a sacred rock. Burton's interest in the case slides into complete obsession, and he comes to believe that not only was the murder related to an underground urban tribe of Aborigines but that Australia is about to be decimated by a massive, apocalyptic tidal wave. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, (more)
- 1977
In this thriller, a former Olympic runner and his young family embark upon a happy vacation and find themselves fighting for their lives at the hands of a homicidal maniac. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
