''Frenchman's Farm'' is a 1986

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.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p294-295 Filming started 17 February 1986."Australian Productions Top $175 million", ''Cinema Papers'', March 1986 p64

Plot synopsis

Jackie Grenville is a university student in Australia, motoring through the rural region and suddenly finding herself in the 40s. She witnesses a horrible murder and is then zapped back to present times. After retracing her steps, she and her boyfriend Barry Norden try to solve the mystery and end up unearthing an unexpected fortune and a crazed killer.

Cast

*Tracey Tainsh as Jackie Grenville *

David Reyne David Nicholas Reyne (born 14 May 1959) is an Australians, Australian actor, musician, television and radio presenter. Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria to an Australian mother and English diplomat father. The family moved to Victoria (Australia), ...

as Barry Norden *

Norman Kaye Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 – 28 May 2007) was an Australian actor and musician. He was best known for his roles in the films of director Paul Cox. Early life and education Kaye was born in Melbourne and won a scholarship to study at ...

as Reverend Aldershot *

John Meillon John Meillon, ( ; 1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989), was an Australian character actor, known for many straight as well as comedy roles, he became most widely known internationally as Walter Reilly in the films ''Crocodile Dundee'' and ''Crocodil ...

as Bill Dolan *

Ray Barrett Raymond Charles Barrett (2 May 19278 September 2009) was an Australian actor. During the 1960s, he was a leading actor on British television, where he was best known for his appearances in ''The Troubleshooters'' (1965–1971). From the 1970s, ...

as Harry Benson *Phil Brock as John Hatcher *

Andrew Blackman Andrew Blackman (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian born actor, producer, and director who founded the Complete Works Theatre Company (CWTC) in Melbourne in 1999. Blackman was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and began acting at the age of seve ...

as John Mainsbridge *Andrew Johnston as William Morris

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