Playing Beatie Bow (film)

Playing Beatie Bow
Playing Beatie Bow poster
Directed byDonald Crombie
Written byPeter Gawler
Irwin Lane
Based onRuth Park's novel
Produced byJock Blair
Bruce Moir
John Morris
StarringImogen Annesley
Peter Phelps
Mouche Phillips
Nikki Coghill
Moya O'Sullivan
CinematographyGeoffrey Simpson
Edited byAndrew Prowse
Music byGarry McDonald / Laurie Stone
Production
company
Distributed byCEL Film Distribution
Release date
  • 7 August 1986 (1986-08-07)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$4.4 million[1]
Box officeA$97,036 (Australia)

Playing Beatie Bow is a 1986 Australian science fiction drama film. It is directed by Donald Crombie and stars Imogen Annesley, Peter Phelps and Mouche Phillips. The screenplay by Peter Gawler and Irwin Lane is based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Ruth Park.

  1. ^ Greg Kerr, "Playing Beatie Bow", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p203