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March 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
Nobel Prize winning author Patrick White's first film...Plot:
The Night The Prowler, is about the dark side of suburban middle-class urban culture and family relations... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
one of Australia's best 10 moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ruth Cracknell | ... | Doris Bannister |
| John Frawley | ... | Humphrey Bannister |
| Kerry Walker | ... | Felicity Bannister |
| John Derum | ... | John |
| Maggie Kirkpatrick | ... | Madge Hopkirk |
 | Terry Camilleri | ... | The Prowler |
| Harry Neilson | ... | Old man |
| Peter Collingwood | ... | Dr. Herborn |
| Robbie Ward | ... | Mrs. Ward |
| Merv Lillie | ... | Alcoholic man |
| Dorothy Hewett | ... | Alcoholic woman |
| Robert Baxter | ... | Detective 1 |
| Paul Chubb | ... | Policeman 1 |
| John Cobley | ... | Policeman 2 |
| Ray Bennett | ... | Sergeant |
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The dialog in this film is incredibly speakable -- in response to Mephisto -- and I think what you are unhappy with is it's camp melodramatic style -- which on a critical level is achieved with sophistication and panache.
Kerry Walker is a stand out as the mannish blossom -- ripening with rebellion and uncertainty -- the perfect counter to her mother played by Ruth Cracknell. Ruth's performance is genius -- the timing for black humour I have only seen seconded by Kathleen TUrner in Serial Mom.
This film is beautifully shot. The camera moves with deft purpose -- never feeling television or obvious -- but a secure mix of voyeurism and arch photographic signposting (appropriate to the camp postmodern genre) Australia (along with Spain, USA and Brazil, NEW ZEALAND-- thanks to ALmodovar, Waters and Jackson) is home of the CAMP aesthetic -- and culturally we've been balking at this over the last few years. But what's really going for us -- is something that uniquely expresses our nation's ironic plight of being a little America.
WALK THE TALK, LOVE SERENADE, SWEETIE are also worthy notables.