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'''''No Room to Run''''' is a 1976 Australian television film about an American businessman who kills a man in Sydney.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p112</ref> It stars real-life husband and wife [[Richard Benjamin]] and [[Paula Prentiss]].
'''''No Room to Run''''' is a 1976 Australian television film about an American businessman who kills a man in Sydney.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p112</ref> It stars real-life husband and wife [[Richard Benjamin]] and [[Paula Prentiss]].
==Plot==
Nick Loomis is vice-president in charge of public relations with an international corporation. He travels to Australia to promote the American Youth Orchestra who are performing at the Sydney Opera House. His boss, Garth Kingswood plans to follow
within a few days.


Loomis is met at the airport by his company's Sydney representative, Ralph Fleming. Fleming tells him about the mysterious death of employee Jack Deakin.

Loomis finds himself on the run for murder.
==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Richard Benjamin]] as Nick Loomis
* [[Richard Benjamin]] as Nick Loomis
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* [[Ray Barrett]] as Jack Deakin
* [[Ray Barrett]] as Jack Deakin
* [[Anne Haddy]] as Julie Deakin
* [[Anne Haddy]] as Julie Deakin
==Production==
It was the first in a series of TV movies made as co productions between the ABC and Los Angeles-based TransAtlantic Enterprises.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55476511 |title=Building Bridges— from Lloyd to Beau |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=25 May 1977 |access-date=8 January 2020 |page=29 |via=Trove }} </ref> It was originally announced they would make 18 films but ended up making six. The films were to have budgets of $1.5 to 2 million and would be screened on ABC television with the option of a theatrical release elsewhere. Robert Kline, head of Trans Atlantic, said "basically we'll be dealling with creative dimensions that justify American leads being in Australia... Sydney is comparable to Southern California. In those cases where we don't develop a story from scratch, we're finding that scripts calling from California settings can be adapted to Australia.<ref>Blakely Set for 'Ex-Prom Queen'
Kilday, Gregg. Los Angeles Times 29 Sep 1976: f9. </ref>


Benjamin and Prentiss had acted together in the TV show ''He and She'' and on stage in ''The Norman Conquests'', but had never appeared in a film together where they shared screen time (they were both in ''Catch 22'' but did not appear in the same scenes). They accepted roles in the film for that reason, and to visit Sydney, and because it gave them the chance to appear in a thriller. "I haven't played a serious role like
this before, I'm always comedy oriented," said Prentiss.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article254815490 |title=No room to run: Action, adventure |newspaper=[[The Bananacoast Opinion]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 May 1977 |access-date=8 January 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove }} </ref>
==Awards==
Brian May won a Penguin Award for Best Original Music for the film.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110877343 |title=CB RADIO Skip faces short legal life |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=11 November 1977 |access-date=8 January 2020 |page=21 |via=Trove }} </ref>
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077999/ ''No Room to Run''] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077999/ ''No Room to Run''] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b74dd4be4 No Room to Run] at BFI
*[http://petermalone.misacor.org.au/tiki-index.php?page=No+Room+to+Run&bl ''No Room to Run''] at Peter Malone website
*[http://petermalone.misacor.org.au/tiki-index.php?page=No+Room+to+Run&bl ''No Room to Run''] at Peter Malone website


Revision as of 00:04, 8 January 2020

No Room to Run
Directed byRobert Michael Lewis
Written byGeorge Kirgo
Produced byCharles Russell
StarringRichard Benjamin
Paula Prentiss
Roger Ward
Noel Ferrier
Ray Barrett
Production
company
ABC-Transatlantic Enterprises
Distributed byABC
Release date
18 May 1977 (Australia)
Running time
100 mins
CountriesAustralia
US
LanguageEnglish

No Room to Run is a 1976 Australian television film about an American businessman who kills a man in Sydney.[1] It stars real-life husband and wife Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss.

Plot

Nick Loomis is vice-president in charge of public relations with an international corporation. He travels to Australia to promote the American Youth Orchestra who are performing at the Sydney Opera House. His boss, Garth Kingswood plans to follow within a few days.

Loomis is met at the airport by his company's Sydney representative, Ralph Fleming. Fleming tells him about the mysterious death of employee Jack Deakin.

Loomis finds himself on the run for murder.

Cast

Production

It was the first in a series of TV movies made as co productions between the ABC and Los Angeles-based TransAtlantic Enterprises.[2] It was originally announced they would make 18 films but ended up making six. The films were to have budgets of $1.5 to 2 million and would be screened on ABC television with the option of a theatrical release elsewhere. Robert Kline, head of Trans Atlantic, said "basically we'll be dealling with creative dimensions that justify American leads being in Australia... Sydney is comparable to Southern California. In those cases where we don't develop a story from scratch, we're finding that scripts calling from California settings can be adapted to Australia.[3]

Benjamin and Prentiss had acted together in the TV show He and She and on stage in The Norman Conquests, but had never appeared in a film together where they shared screen time (they were both in Catch 22 but did not appear in the same scenes). They accepted roles in the film for that reason, and to visit Sydney, and because it gave them the chance to appear in a thriller. "I haven't played a serious role like this before, I'm always comedy oriented," said Prentiss.[4]

Awards

Brian May won a Penguin Award for Best Original Music for the film.[5]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p112
  2. ^ "Building Bridges— from Lloyd to Beau". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 25 May 1977. p. 29. Retrieved 8 January 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Blakely Set for 'Ex-Prom Queen' Kilday, Gregg. Los Angeles Times 29 Sep 1976: f9.
  4. ^ "No room to run: Action, adventure". The Bananacoast Opinion. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "CB RADIO Skip faces short legal life". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 November 1977. p. 21. Retrieved 8 January 2020 – via Trove.

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