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The Empty Beach (1985)

The Empty Beach poster
Directed by
Chris Thomson
Genre
thriller, mystery
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Private investigator Cliff Hardy gets entangled in a case involving a missing woman and the dark underbelly of Sydney. As he digs deeper, he uncovers secrets that put his own life at risk.

noirgrittysuspensefulslow-burnatmosphericmoodymelancholictense

What happens

The Empty Beach is a 1985 Australian thriller film based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Peter Corris, starring Bryan Brown as private investigator Cliff Hardy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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