''Running from the Guns'' (originally known as ''Free Enterprise'') is a 1987 Australian crime

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directed by John Dixon and starring Jon Blake,

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, Terence Donovan, and

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. It is a buddy action film set in Melbourne.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p251

Premise

Two friends, Dave and Peter, accidentally pick up the wrong truck at the docks, which contains contraband wanted by some criminals.

Cast

* Jon Blake as Davie *

as Peter * Terence Donovan as Bangles *

as Jill *

as Terry * Patrick Ward as Mulcahy *Warwick Sims as Simon Martin *

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as Gilman

Production

Filming took place in late 1985.

Reception

The film received poor reviews. ''Filmink'' later said "There’s no reason films like this couldn’t have worked in Australia, this just wasn’t done that well."

References

External links

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''Running from the Guns''
at Oz Movies
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