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Private Collection (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Private Collection' is a 1972 Australian black comedy film that marked the feature debuts of Pamela Stephenson and Michael Caton.
Plot
Two rival art collectors, Henry Phillips and Joseph Tibbsworth, engage the services of George Kleptoman, a thief, to steal from each other. In the meantime Mary Ann, Henry's bored wife, has acquired a secret boyfriend and plans to murder him.
Cast
*Peter Reynolds as Henry Phillips
*Pamela Stephenson as Mary Ann Phillips
*Brian Blain as Joseph Tibbsworth
*Grahame Bond as George Kleptoman
*John Paramor as The Boyfriend
*Noel Ferrier as Chief Inspector
*Jerry Thomas as Superintendent
*Les Foxcroft as The Citizen
Production
The film was shot on 16mm in Sydney in January 1972. It was the first movie with investment from the Australian Film Development Corporation to be publicly shown.David Stratton, 'The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p14
It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in June of that year.
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