''Harbour Beat'' is a 1990 Scottish-Australian film which marked the directorial debut of

David Elfick David Elfick (born 20 December 1944) is an Australian film and television writer, director, producer and occasional actor. He is known for his association with writer-director Phillip Noyce, with whom he has collaborated on films including ''New ...

.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 244–245

Cast

* John Hannah as Neal McBride * Steve Vidler as Lance Cooper * Gary Day as Gavin Walker *

Rhondda Findleton Rhondda Findleton is a New Zealand actress largely based in Australia. She has had major roles in '' Plainclothes'', ''Grass Roots'', '' The Sugar Factory'' telemovie ''Temptation'' and its spinoff series ''The Cooks''. Awards Findleton has t ...

as Carol Walker *

Angie Milliken Angie Milliken is an Australian actress. Early life Milliken was born and raised in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to a musical family. She played the French horn and competed in athletic sprinting events from the age o ...

as Simone * Emily Simpson *

Peta Toppano Peita Margaret Toppano (born 1951) known as Peta Toppano is a British-born Australian actress, singer and dancer. She is most widely known for her roles in television soap opera's including '' The Young Doctors'' as Dr. Gail Henderson, ''Prisone ...

as Mrs De Santo *

Mercia Deane-Johns Mercia Deane-Johns is an Australian actress of film, stage and television. She is also a writer, singer, and stand-up comedian. She has played a wide array of characters since she was 12 years old and has appeared in many film roles and TV seri ...

as Secretary *

Bob Baines Bob Baines (born 1952) is an Australian actor. He has starred in many television shows including '' State Coroner'' opposite Wendy Hughes as Clive Trimble, '' Water Rats'' and ''Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian ...

as Scottish Chef

Premise

Glasgow cop Neal McBride teams up with Australian cop Lancelot Cooper.

Production

$1.4 million of the budget came from the

Film Finance Corporation The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008. Unlike other publicly funded organisations responsible for f ...

.Helen Barlow, "The Australian Film Finance Corporation", ''Cinema Papers'', August 1991 pp. 36–37

Release

The film was never released theatrically and debuted directly on television.

References

External links

* Australian crime drama films 1990 films 1990 directorial debut films 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films {{1990s-Australia-film-stub