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On the Run (1982 film)

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Wikipedia article




'On the Run' is a 1982 Australian thriller film.

Plot



A small boy (Beau Cox) is orphaned and sent to live with his uncle (Rod Taylor), who is a hitman. When the boy witnesses his uncle kill some people, his uncle orders that his assistant (Paul Winfield) help shoot the boy; the assistant refuses and takes off with the boy.

Production



The movie marked the first time Rod Taylor had played an Australian character in an Australian film.Stephen Vagg, 'Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood', Bear Manor Media, 2010 p 207

Release



The film was not released theatrically,Ed. Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p116 although it did have one theatrical screening in Bondi NSW, a condition of the movie's financing via tax concession.

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