''Slippery Slide'' is a 1980 Australian television film
Donald Crombie
Donald Charles Crombie (born 5 July 1942) is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter.
Born in Brisbane, Crombie was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Cro ...
and starring
Jon Blake,
Simon Burke
Simon Gareth Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre.
Biography
Simon Burke began his career at the age of 12, starring in Michael Cove's ''Kookaburra''; a painful look at a dysfunctional wo ...
,
Gerry Duggan,
John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his Cinema of Transgression, transgressive cult films, including ''Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), ''Pink Flamin ...
, and
Arkie Whiteley
Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and film.
Early life and education
Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wen ...
.
Premise
An examination of the relevant life experience of a boy and his sister who have gone through the "welfare" system as neglected children, been given to foster parents, and eventually, through a series of incidents, end up in gaol.
Review in ''The Age''
accessed 17 May 2013
References
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1980 films
1980 television films
Australian television films
Films directed by Donald Crombie
1980s English-language films
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