''The City's Edge'' is a 1983 Australian film co-written by

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writer Bob Merritt.

Plot

Andy comes to Sydney and falls in love with the sister of a heroin addict.

Cast

* Tommy Lewis *

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as Andy White * Katrina Foster * Mark Lee as Jim Wentworth * Joanne Samuel as Prostitute 1

Production

The film was originally entitled ''Running Man'' and was never released theatrically in Australia although it was in the UK.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 205 Merritt later claimed he preferred to "write off" the experience but says it gave him the track record to make '' Short Changed'' (1985).Mary Colbert, "Positive action: Bob Merritt, playwright and screenwriter", ''Cinema Papers'', May 1985 p. 24

References

External links

* Australian drama films 1983 films Films scored by Chris Neal (songwriter) 1980s English-language films 1983 drama films 1980s Australian films {{1980s-Australia-film-stub