Hurricane Smith (1992 film)
| Hurricane Smith | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical film poster | |
| Directed by | Colin Budds |
| Produced by |
Daniel O'Toole Stanley O'Toole |
| Written by |
Peter A. Kinloch Kevin James Dobson |
| Starring |
Carl Weathers Jürgen Prochnow Cassandra Delaney Tony Bonner |
| Music by | Brian May |
| Cinematography | John Stokes |
| Edited by | Pippa Anderson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$5 million[1] |
| Box office | A$89,467 (Australia) |
Hurricane Smith (also known as Dead on Delivery) is a 1992 Australian action film directed by Colin Budds and starring Carl Weathers as an American oil field worker named Billy 'Hurricane' Smith who travels to Australia on a quest to rescue his sister, where he gets mixed up with drug smugglers.
Plot
Billy "Hurricane" Smith (Carl Weathers) is a construction worker in Marshall, Texas. Mourning his mother's death, Billy goes to Australia to find his missing sister. His search takes him to the swank pad of a pimp, Shanks (David Argue), and one of his hookers, Julie (Cassandra Delaney), who both knew Billy's sister.
Billy is tortured by his sister's former employer, crime boss Charlie Dowd (Jürgen Prochnow), who is secretly waging a turf war against his partner Howard Fenton (Tony Bonner), and Billy is not about to blow town without finding his sister—and then Billy discovers that his sister was murdered by Charlie.
Not only does Shanks endure a savage beating to help Billy, but Shanks is also killed when they storm Charlie's mansion in search of the now-kidnapped Julie. Ever busy Charlie has already blown up Howard in an explosion which almost killed Billy, and has murdered his own girlfriend just to eliminate loose ends.
With the SWAT team called in, Charlie uses Julie as a shield after his men are wiped out. Charlie commandeers a chopper. Climbing onto the bottom of the chopper, which flies over a part of the ocean, Billy throws Charlie into the water below, where Charlie is killed by a swarm of sharks.
Billy is now free to make plans to bring Julie stateside, where they will not run into any of her former customers.
Cast
- Carl Weathers as Billy "Hurricane" Smith
- Jürgen Prochnow as Charlie Dowd
- Cassandra Delaney as Julie
- Tony Bonner as Howard Fenton
- David Argue as Shanks
- John Ewart as David Griffiths
- Louise McDonald as Annabel
- Suzie MacKenzie as Rochelle
- Karen Hall as Francie
- Johnny Raaen as Arkie Davis
Production
The film was shot in May 1990.
Box office
Hurricane Smith grossed $89,467 at the box office in Australia.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, August 1990 p71
- ↑ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
External links
- Hurricane Smith on IMDb
- Hurricane Smith at Box Office Mojo
- Hurricane Smith at Oz Movies
- Hurricane Smith at the National Film and Sound Archive