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Say You Want Me
Say You Want Me
Directed by	Oliver Howes
Written by	Laura Jones
Produced by	Don Harley
Starring	Belinda Giblin; Serge Lazareff; Hugh Keays-Byrne; Tom Oliver; Henri Szeps; Tex Morton
Production; company	Film Australia
Distributed by	Nine Network
Release dates	6 June 1979 (Sydney); 1 April 1980 (Melbourne);
Running time	90 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$150,000

Say You Want Me is a 1977 Australian film directed by Oliver Howes. It is about a woman who is raped by one of her husband's business associates.^[2]

The film was one of two television movies made by Film Australia for the Nine Network. (The other was A Good Thing Going.) It was shot in 1977 but not screened until 1979. ^[1]

Premise

Julie Crosby, wife of radio presenter Tony, is raped by property developer Harry Kirby. Tony struggles to accept it and accuses Julie of leading Kirby on. Julie goes to the police but struggles to find corroborating evidence for her case.

Cast

Belinda Giblin as Julie Crosby
Serge Lazareff as Tony Crosby
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Harry Kirby
Tom Oliver as a photographer
Henri Szeps as Jim Morton, Tony's boss
Tex Morton
Robyn Nevin as Interviewing Police Officer
Gordon Glenwright
Moya O'Sullivan as Julie’s mother
Anne Haddy
Philippa Baker
Wendy Playfair
Anna Volska as a Qantas personnel officer
Peter Adams as a doctor
Tony Alvarez as a hairdresser
Les Foxcroft as a scientist
Veronica Lang

Reception

Don Groves of the Sun Herald called it "a muddled, murky film riddled with absurdities" feeling it was not realistic that the wife would not report the rape straight away and that the husband would blame the wife.^[1]

Christine Hogan of the Sydney Morning Herald thought the script was "full of holes".^[3]

Awards

Belinda Giblin's performance earned her an award for Best Actress in a single TV performance at the Sammy Awards.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Groves, Don (3 June 1979). "Bring back the Oracle". Sun Herald. p. 63.
^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p136
^ Hogan, Christine (4 June 1979). "Let down by the script". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 13.
^ Hogan, Christine (18 October 1979). "Marcia Hines and Mike Walsh Win top TV awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12.

External links

Say You Want Me at IMDb
Say You Want Me at Screen Australia

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[don-1] Groves, Don (3 June 1979). "Bring back the Oracle". Sun Herald. p. 63.

[scott-2] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p136

[3] Hogan, Christine (4 June 1979). "Let down by the script". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 13.

[4] Hogan, Christine (18 October 1979). "Marcia Hines and Mike Walsh Win top TV awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12.

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