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An Indecent Obsession

  • 19851985
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
127
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An Indecent Obsession (1985)
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Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing a sexual attraction for a new patient.Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing a sexual attraction for a new patient.Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing a sexual attraction for a new patient.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
127
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    • Lex Marinos
    • Denise Morgan(screenplay)
    • Colleen McCullough(novel)
  • Stars
    • Wendy Hughes
    • Gary Sweet
    • Richard Moir
    • Lex Marinos
    • Denise Morgan(screenplay)
    • Colleen McCullough(novel)
  • Stars
    • Wendy Hughes
    • Gary Sweet
    • Richard Moir
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Wendy Hughes
    Wendy Hughes
    • Honour Langtry
    Gary Sweet
    Gary Sweet
    • Michael Wilson
    Richard Moir
    Richard Moir
    • Luce Daggett
    Jonathan Hyde
    Jonathan Hyde
    • Neil Parkinson
    Bruno Lawrence
    Bruno Lawrence
    • Matt Sawyer
    Mark Little
    Mark Little
    • Benedict Maynard
    Tony Sheldon
    • Nugget Jones
    Bill Hunter
    Bill Hunter
    • Colonel Chinstrap
    Julia Blake
    Julia Blake
    • Matron
    Caroline Gillmer
    Caroline Gillmer
    • Sally Dawkins
    Marina Finlay
    • Sue Peddar
    John Sheerin
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    Andrew Martin
    Andrew Martin
    • Pennyquick
    Mark Davis
    • Colin
    Masayuki Fujioka
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      • Lex Marinos
      • Denise Morgan(screenplay)
      • Colleen McCullough(novel)
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    • Trivia
      This cinema released movie was originally planned to be made for television telemovie but was made for theatrical release due to the success of Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds (1983) and to the novelist's general popularity in the 1980s because of this mini-series.
    • Goofs
      When Sergeant Wilson arrives, he is wearing a set of campaign ribbons indicating the areas in which he served during the war. The medals would not have been designed by this time (immediately after the Japanese surrender) much less issued.
    • Connections
      Featured in Wendy Hughes discusses... An Indecent Obsession (2006)
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    6/10
    Film an indecency, to our novelist Colleen.
    I somehow get the feeling, the CM novel didn't translate well to screen, where beyond the really good performances, for which Moir and Little, were justly commended, especially Little (he's brilliant) though I really liked Garry Sweet's performance too, the film just doesn't rise to the occasion, or how it should of gone. Basically the story deals with military psychiatric patients, housed together, where Hughes, their carer, and others sisters of war seem quite lonely types. Hughes develops a sexual obsession for newcomer, Sweet which sends Moir's violently crazed self, spiraling into jealousy, and predictably his own death, (a particular violent scene) or was it murder. The film's ending song, is so out of place, I couldn't understand it. It didn't go with any of this misfire of a film. Yeah, the intimate scene with Hughes and Sweet was beautiful and touching, but this film was way from that.
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    • Release date
      • May 23, 1985 (Australia)
      • Australia
      • English
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      • Tasman Sea
    • Production companies
      • Hoyts Distribution
      • Michael Edgley International
      • PBL Productions
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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