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Director: |
Mike Newell
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Starring: |
Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill, Pat Evison, Grant Edgar, Alan Jervis, Greg Naughton, Karl Bradley, John Black, John Bach, Ken Blackburn, Marshall Napier, Martyn Sanderson, Donna Akersten, John Banas
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Genres: |
Drama, Thriller
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Origin: |
New Zealand
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
English
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Running Time: |
105 min
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In October 1941, Stan Graham, a Westland smallholder, develops a persecution complex and starts to threaten his neighbours. They put up with it for awhile but things become intolerable. One day a party of four policemen arrive to confiscate his firearms. This causes a flashpoint for him - he loves his guns and is not going to hand them over. He shoots all the cops and, in the ensuing altercations, three more locals before heading to the hills. A manhunt composed of police, army and homeguard is organised and delivers Graham's come-uppance. Based upon a true event that happened around the present community of Kowhitirangi, out of Hokitika.
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