Prisoners

Prisoners is a 1981 American-New Zealand drama film directed by Peter Werner and starring Tatum O'Neal, Colin Friels and David Hemmings.^[1] An American moves his family to New Zealand where he takes charge of a prison in Wellington. His young daughter begins to have a love affair with one of the prisoners in his charge. Although its budget was roughly $4.2 million it was never released. The film was allegedly so bad that Tatum's father Ryan O'Neal purchased the rights to the film to prevent it from ever screening.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Tatum O'Neal - Christie
• Colin Friels - Nick
• Shirley Knight - Virginia
• David Hemmings - Wilkens
• Bruno Lawrence - Peeky
• Ralph Cotterill - Holmby
• John Bach - Bodell
• Michael Hurst - Sciano
• Reg Ruka - Monkey
• Rob Jayne - Maslow
• Norman Fairley - Lewitt
• Peter Rowley - Hapstood
• Karl Bradley - Steel
• Richard Moss - Dunham
• Timothy Lee - Watts

References

1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/572083

External links

• Prisoners (film) at the Internet Movie Database

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