Bruce Venables

Películas

The Crop
Wally
The Crop, set in the early '80s, is about a larrikin nightclub owner, Ronnie (Blade) Gillette, and his barmaid girlfriend Geraldine. Two months after random breath testing has been introduced, Blade realises he's going broke. Afraid of driving under the influence, his customers are not buying his grog-they're going out to the carpark to smoke dope. Like any good businessman, Blade decides he needs a strategy. He decides to grow some dope as a way out of his financial hole. Diversify and expand-beauty!
Super Disco Killer
Henry the Butcher
En un pequeño pueblo de Australia, un psicópata asesino esta al acecho. Se trata, nada más y nada menos, que de un fanático ”Village People”, el mítico grupo discotequero de los 70. Todas las víctimas tienen una referencia clara con cada uno de los miembros que formaban el grupo. El asesino primero mata a un motorista, después a un albañil, luego a un cowboy, más tarde a un indio y finalmente a un marinero. Por lógica, su siguiente objetivo está claro: uno de los dos policías del pueblo. Éstos, si no quieren ser asesinados, tendrán que descubrir cuanto antes quién es el psicópata.
Mi marido , mi asesino
John Webb
Nueva Gales del sur. El sargento detective Bob"serpiente" Inkster, trata de averiguar sobre el asesinato de una mujer casada con un empresario croata. Resultó muerta de un tiro en la cama y sospechosamente su marido salió ileso...
Paperback Hero
Artie
An Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or...?
River Street
Chris's Father
Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a policeman at the station. Sentenced to community service at a local day centre, Ben's influence with a young tearaway forces him to question his values and he learns to see life from a different angle when he falls in love with Wendy, the centre's formidable and devoted manager...
Mr Reliable
Gutser
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events quickly spiral into a media circus as, through the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to become a symbol for the anti-war movement.
The Roly Poly Man
Security Guard
Private detective Dirk Trent, a collector of cigarette butts, a "smooth" ladies man, a wearer of bad suits, and he's convinced there's more to an incident he caught on tape, where a man seemed about to murder his mistress with an axe. Delving deeper, the film enters some seldom-trodden territory as it slips easily into horror and sci-fi, while still maintaining the hilarious dialogue
Spider and Rose
Semi-Trailer Driver
A young ambulance driver befriends an elderly woman.
Singapore Sling
Merton
John Stamford, an expatriate Australian, now a private detective in Singapore, becomes involved in a fake pharmaceuticals case and a dangerous love triangle.
Crimetime
Policemen Robin Decker and John Little begin to realise they are probably the only two honest cops on the force.
Daydream Believer
Stu
A struggling actress with an affinity for horses meets wealthy rock music promoter and stable owner Digby Olsen.
Big ideas
Mr. Hartley
Selling compost brings a boy inventor (Justin Rosniak) and his widowed mother (Gosia Dobrowolska) into conflict with their neighbor.
Emerald City
Limousine Driver
A comedy of life's temptations - lust, greed and power. The city in question is Sydney and the colour green signifies greed and envy in David Williamsons amusing satire on its film and publishing industries. The story centers around the Rogers family, loosely modelled on Williamson's own.
Un grito en la oscuridad
Metcalfe
Durante unas vacaciones en la montaña, los Chamberlain pierden a su hija Azaria, una niña de pocos meses. La madre le cuenta a la policía que durante la noche oyó ruidos y vio cómo un dingo (un perro salvaje australiano) entraba en la tienda de campaña y se llevaba al bebé. Como, a pesar de la minuciosa búsqueda llevada a cabo por la policía, el cuerpo de la niña nunca se encontró, la madre acabó siendo acusada de asesinato.
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
Frank
The fate of a young Australian boy is somehow linked with that of a young Roman boy who had traveled to Australia by ship during the time of the Roman Emperor, Nero.