Sher Mountain Killings Mystery

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery (also known as The Cursed Mountain Mystery) is a 1990 Australian mystery thriller film directed by Vince Martin and starring Phillip Avalon and Abigail.[3]

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery
Poster
Directed byVince Martin
Produced byPhillip Avalon
Written byDenis Whitburn
StarringPhillip Avalon
Abigail
Music byArt Phillips
CinematographyRay Henman
Edited byTed Otton
Production
company
Intertropic
Release date
1990
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1.5 million[1] or $500,000[2]

Premise

A gang of thieves steal a special stone with magical powers from an extremely old man and "The Protector" is tasked to catch the criminals and return the gem.

Cast
  • Phillip Avalon as Caine Cordeaux
  • Tom Richards as Alex Cordeaux
  • Abigail as Muriel Cordeaux
  • Richard Carter as Conrad
  • Ron Becks as Sole
  • Elizabeth McIvor as Dianne Cordeaux
  • Jeffrey Rhoe as Davey-Joe Cordeaux
  • Steven Jacobs as Billy Cordeaux
  • Joe Bugner as Park Ranger
  • David Wheeler as Wacka
  • Amanda Pratt as Secretary
  • Tony Fields as Photographic Model
  • Tanya Ross as Photographic Model
  • Lucy Cooper as Schoolgirl
  • Peter Taylor as Max

Production

In the late 1980s Avalon was running Avalon Film Studios and wanted to get back into production. He was keen "to do something really different. I thought maybe I'd develop a mystery set in the early part of the 20th century. I remembered how, in my youth, in those children stories there was magic stones that had a 'life force'. So I added that thought and spiced it with further mystery like how it was guarded by an ancient ranger on a secluded mountain."[4]

Avalon decided to fund the film personally via a loan and hired Vince Martin, who had helped on the filming of Breaking Loose to direct.[5]

Reception

Avalon managed to sell the film for $500,000.[6]

Accolades

Art Phillips was nominated for Best Original Music Score at the AFI Awards, but lost against Chris Gough and Phil Judd for The Big Steal.

References
  1. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, March 1990 p72
  2. Avalon p 215
  3. Scott Murray, "Sher Mountains Killings Mystery", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p304
  4. Avalon, Phil (2015). From Steel City to Hollywood. New Holland. p. 213.
  5. Avalon p 215
  6. Avalon p 216


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