Touch and Go is a 1980 Australian heist film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Wendy Hughes. The film also stars musician Jon English, who also composes music for the film.
Plot synopsis Eva, Fiona and Millicent all plan a heist together for a charitable cause.
Cast Wendy Hughes as Eva Chantal Contouri as Fiona Jon English as Frank Butterfield Carmen Duncan as Millicent Jeanie Drynan as Gina Liddy Clark as Helen John Bluthal as Anatole Christine Amor as Sue Fullerton Brian Blain Barbara Stephens as Julie, the Head Mistress Les Foxcroft as Husband Vince Martin as Steve
Production The film was the idea of director Peter Maxwell. It was originally intended to be set on Hayman Island, but Reg Ansett, who had interests on the island at the time, was not keen on showing a robbery there.Paul Davies, "Peter Yeldham", Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p214
It was made with funding from Greater Union, the Queensland Film Corporation and Australian Film Commission.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p309-310
Shooting began in November 1979 with a month's worth of filming at Maroochydore and Noosa Heads, and eight weeks of night shooting in Sydney. Scenes set on a Great Barrier Reef island were shot at a Maroochydore hotel. Its original shooting title was Friday the 13th, but this was changed when the horror movie with the same name came out.
Release The film only ran for three weeks in a cinema in Brisbane.
References
External links
Touch and Go at Oz Movies Touch and Go at Screen Australia