Double Deal (1983 film)

Double Deal
Directed by	Brian Kavanagh
Written by	Brian Kavanagh
Starring	Louis Jourdan Angela Punch McGregor Warwick Comber Diane Craig Bruce Spence
Music by	Bruce Smeaton
Production company	Filmco
Release dates	1983
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$1 million[1][2]
Box office	AU $3,731 (Australia)[3]

Double Deal is a 1983 Australian film about a bored wife of a rich man who has an affair and becomes a thief.^[4]

Angela Punch McGregor later said she was "amazed" to be offered the role of a model but accepted the part because she had not worked for a while.

I feared that if I didn't do it I would go down the plug hole The role was a mistake; the film was a mistake. But I didn't know that at the time. Brian Kavanagh turned out to be one of the most sensitive directors to actors that I have ever come across, but I don't think he should write his own scripts.^[5]

The film was made without government investment.^[6]

References

1. Geoff Gardner, "Double Deal", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p124
2. "Double tribute to Angela.". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 17 June 1981. p. 143 Supplement: TV & ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
3. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 24 October 2009
4. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p90
5. Jim Schembri, "Angela Punch McGregor", Cinema Papers, December 1984 p 421
6. "Double tribute to Angela.". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 17 June 1981. p. 143 Supplement: TV & ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

External links

• Double Deal at IMDB
• Double Deal at the Louis Jourdan website
• Double Deal at Anything Oz or New Zealand film and television website
• Double Deal at Oz Movies