The Last Wave
1977
British Quad
Condition: Folded
Directed by: Peter Weir
Writing credits: (screenplay) - Peter Weir, Tony Morphett & Petru Popescu
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy
Plot Summary: A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the truth behind the hidden society he suspects lives in his city, the Lawyer is drawn further, and more intimately, into a prophesy that threatens a new Armageddon, wherein all the continent shall drown.
Taglines: A dream that became a nightmare. His was a premonition of doom.
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From the makers of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' comes another terrifying and disturbing story
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Hasn't the weather been strange...could it be a warning?
Comments: Have lived alone in a cave on high ground, since the film's release!
Cast :
Richard Chamberlain .... David Burton
Olivia Hamnett .... Annie Burton
David Gulpilil .... Chris Lee (as Gulpilil)
Frederick Parslow .... Rev. Burton
Vivean Gray .... Dr. Whitburn
Nandjiwarra Amagula .... Charlie
Walter Amagula .... Gerry Lee
Roy Bara .... Larry
Cedrick Lalara .... Lindsey
Morris Lalara .... Jacko
Peter Carroll .... Michael Zeadler
Athol Compton .... Billy Corman
Hedley Cullen .... Judge
Michael Duffield .... Andrew Potter
Wallas Eaton .... Morgue Doctor