''Fever'' is a 1989 Australian thriller film about an Australian policeman who finds a suitcase full of money, and the course of events which unfold when he decides to keep it.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p60 The film was directed by

Craig Lahiff Craig Lahiff (23 April 1947 – 2 February 2014) was an Australian film director. He grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park, South Australia, Somerton Park and studied science at the University of Adelaide, then trained as a systems co ...

, and stars Bill Hunter,

Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in ''Alexandra's Project'' (as Steve), ''Police Rescue'' (as Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock), ''Cody (TV series), Cody'' (as Cody), ''Big Sky (Australian ...

, and Mary Regan.

Plot

Sergeant Jack Wells, a tough country cop, discovers a bag of cash after a shoot out. He decides to keep the money so he and his wife Leanne can start a new life. However Leanne has a lover.

Cast

*Bill Hunter *Gary Sweet

Production

The movie was the second of three low budget thrillers Craig Lahiff made in succession. Writer Josephine Emery had made a short feature with Craig Lahiff. She says Lahiff's telemovie ''Coda'' sold well at the American Film Market and JC Williamson’s approached Lahiff "with an offer of money to finance a 90-minute thriller, ‘if a suitable script were written’. Craig came to me and I wrote a treatment for a thriller based around desperate people in an ugly mining town who would do almost anything to get out. We called it, ''Fever''. Williamson’s liked it, put the money up, and we were away." The film was made with the assistance of the South Australian Film and Television Financing Fund. The film was meant to be shot in Port Pirie but the budget did not stretch to location shooting so it was filmed in Port Adelaide.

Release

The film was never released theatrically in Australia but sold widely around the world on video. It made a comfortable profit.Mark Juddery, "Craig Lahiff: under-appreciated and talented Australian filmmaker" ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 5 March 2014
Retrieved 11 March 2014

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