Turtle Beach (film)

Turtle Beach
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Wallace
Screenplay byAnn Turner
Based onTurtle Beach by
Blanche d'Alpuget
Produced byMatt Carroll
Greg Coote
Graham Burke
Arnon Milchan
Starring
CinematographyRussell Boyd
Edited byLouise Innes
Lee Smith
Music byChris Neal
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 19 March 1992 (1992-03-19) (Australia)
  • 1 May 1992 (1992-05-01) (U.S.)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$778,535[1]

Turtle Beach, also known as The Killing Beach, is a 1992 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace and starring Greta Scacchi and Joan Chen. The screenplay was written by Ann Turner, based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Blanche d'Alpuget. It caused controversy in Malaysia, where the government took exception to scenes of Malays executing refugees.[2]

  1. ^ "Turtle Beach (1992)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Erica Stevens". Cc.murdoch.edu.au. 11 August 1990. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2010.