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Wikipedia article
'Slayground' is a 1983 British crime thriller film directed by Terry Bedford. Starring Peter Coyote, Mel Smith and Billie Whitelaw, the film is adapted from 'Slayground', the 14th Parker novel (although the main character has been renamed to "Stone" in this adaptation), written by Donald E. Westlake under the name Richard Stark.
Cast
* Peter Coyote as Stone
* Mel Smith as Terry Abbatt
* Billie Whitelaw as Madge
* Philip Sayer as Costello
* Bill Luhrs as Joe Sheer
* Marie Masters as Joni
* Clarence Felder as Orxel
* Ned Eisenberg as Lonzini
* David Hayward as Laufman
* Michael M. Ryan as Danard
* Barrett Mulligan as Lucy
* Kelli Maroney as Jolene
* Margareta Arvidssen as Grete
* Rosemary Martin as Dr. King
* Malcolm Terris as Venner
* Jon Morrison as Webb
* Cassie Stuart as Fran
* Debby Bishop as Beth
* Stephen Yardley as Turner
* P. H. Moriarty as Seeley
* Zig Byfield as Sams
* Erick Ray Evans as Malpas
* Bill Dean as Compre
* Ozzie Yue as Waiter
* Tony Devon as Joey
Production
The novel 'Slayground' was published in 1971.
In early 1983 Barry Spikings left Thorn EMI and Verity Lambert was appointed head of production. Lambert's first slate of films was 'Slayground', 'Comfort and Joy', 'Illegal Aliens' (which became 'Morons from Outer Space') and 'Dreamchild'.Cinema Verity: Peter Fiddick talks to EMI-Thorn 's new film production chief Fiddick, Peter. The Guardian 24 Nov 1983: 13. Filming had finished by November 1983. "I believe all these films have international appeal," said Lambert.EMI back with four feature films
Fiddick, Peter. The Guardian 16 Nov 1983: 2.
Reception
'Monthly Film Bulletin' called it "'Flashdance' meets film noir".SLAYGROUND
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 51, Iss. 600, (Jan 1, 1984): 52.
References
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