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form
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Dead Calm
( dir. Phillip Noyce
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1989
Australia
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Kennedy Miller Entertainment
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1989
Z1323745
1989
single work
film/TV
horror
thriller
Based on the 1963 novel of the same name by American author Charles Williams, the narrative concerns an Australian husband and wife who take a yacht cruise after the death of their child. They rescue a man who is the only survivor aboard a schooner drifting in the ocean. Unknown to them, the man has murdered his crew mates.
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Dead Calm is included on AustLit because of an Australian-written adaptation.
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