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Dead Sleep

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Dead Sleep
Film poster
Directed byAlec Mills
Written byMichael Rymer
Produced byStanley O'Toole
StarringLinda Blair
Tony Bonner
CinematographyJohn Stokes
Edited byDavid Halliday
Music byBrian May
Production
company
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Dead Sleep is a 1990 Australian horror film directed by Alec Mills, about a series of suspicious deaths that occur in a psychiatric ward. The cast includes Linda Blair, veteran Australian actor Tony Bonner and Vassy Costiopoulos.[1][2] The film went straight to video.

Plot synopsis

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Based on actual events, Maggie Healy (Linda Blair) works at a mental hospital and learns the grisly truth about Dr. Jonathan Heckett (Tony Bonner) who performs suspicious operations on comatose patients.

Cast

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  • Linda Blair as Maggie Healey
  • Tony Bonner as Dr. Jonathan Heckett
  • Andrew Booth as Hugh Clayton
  • Christine Amor as Sister Kereby
  • Sueyan Cox as Kaye
  • Brian Moll as Dr. Shamberg
  • Vassy Cotsopoulos as Thena Fuery
  • Craig Cronin as Dr. Harry Lark
  • Peta Downes as Jessica Sharp
  • Suzie MacKenzie as Wendy
  • Russell Krause as Orderly
  • Slim de Grey as Mr McCarthy
  • Graham Matters as Patient

References

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  1. ^ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, August 1990 p70
  2. ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p40
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