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A Dangerous Summer

  • 19821982
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 40m
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3.3/10
248
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A Dangerous Summer (1982)
DramaThriller
When a crummy hotel burns down in Australia, the American co-owner tries to find out whether or not the fire was deliberately set or just an accident.When a crummy hotel burns down in Australia, the American co-owner tries to find out whether or not the fire was deliberately set or just an accident.When a crummy hotel burns down in Australia, the American co-owner tries to find out whether or not the fire was deliberately set or just an accident.
IMDb RATING
3.3/10
248
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    • Quentin Masters
  • Writers
    • Kit Denton(original idea)
    • Jim McElroy(original idea)
    • David Ambrose(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tom Skerritt
    • Ian Gilmour
    • Giselle Morgan
    • Quentin Masters
  • Writers
    • Kit Denton(original idea)
    • Jim McElroy(original idea)
    • David Ambrose(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tom Skerritt
    • Ian Gilmour
    • Giselle Morgan
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    Tom Skerritt
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    • Howard Anderson
    Ian Gilmour
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    • Steve Adams
    Giselle Morgan
    • Girl in Van
    Shane Porteous
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    • Sgt. Goodwin
    Ray Barrett
    Ray Barrett
    • F.C.O. Webster
    Peter Lawless
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    Wendy Hughes
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    • Sophie McCann
    Ronald Falk
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    • Clive Bennett
    Stephen Leeder
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    • Construction Foreman
    Guy Doleman
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    • Julian Fane
    Ian Mortimer
    • Joe
    Kim Deacon
    Kim Deacon
    • Maggie Anderson
    Michael Petrovitch
    Michael Petrovitch
    • Joe Laliniei
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    James Mason
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    • Sarah Hart
    Norman Kaye
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      • Quentin Masters
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      • Kit Denton(original idea)
      • Jim McElroy(original idea)
      • David Ambrose(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This movie was inspired by a number of bush-fires which ravaged the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia during the summer of 1979-1980.
    • Crazy credits
      This film is dedicated to Peter Fox.
    • Connections
      Edited from That Dangerous Summer (1980)

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    5/10
    Boys light up
    American builder (Skerritt) living in Australia, building a luxury hotel in the Blue Mountains teams up with Lloyds of London insurance investigator (Mason) after his half-built hotel is razed in an apparent bushfire. The hotel's co-owner and financier (Doleman) has insured the partially-built hotel at an inflated value fuelling suspicions that the blaze may have been deliberately lit.

    Typical of a lot of Australian thrillers made in the late seventies to late eighties, with a couple of international stars (Skerritt, Mason) parachuted in to give a local production some international clout. Mason is very good, as always, as the wily English gentleman whose nose for suspicion and eye for detail, belie his otherwise mild, elderly appearance. Skerritt is dependable and the supporting cast is home-grown talent of the era (notably Wendy Hughes who again loses her kit in the memorable surf scene).

    Plodding and at times lacking momentum, the suspense does eventually build to a tense climax and despite all the plot holes, is quite an entertaining conclusion. Memorable for probably three scenes (the surf encounter, derailment and the aforementioned climax), the film benefits from Mason's presence in particular, elevating the picture to "average" status, where the otherwise lacklustre direction and pacing conspired to drag it down. Not a great arson film, but has its moments.
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1982 (Australia)
      • Australia
      • English
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      • Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Filmco Limited
      • McElroy & McElroy
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
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