''The Final Stage'' is a film directed by
Frank Howson
Frank Michael Howson (10 March 1952 – 10 February 2024) was an Australian theatre and film director, screenwriter, and singer. He directed ''Flynn'' (1996) on the early life of Errol Flynn and ''Hunting'' (1991). Howson, with Peter Boyle, he ...
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Cast
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Tommy Dysart
Thomas Gibson Dysart (24 December 1935 – 7 June 2022) was a Scottish-born Australian actor, known for his appearances on television dramas and comedies and in character roles in films and miniseries.
Early career
Dysart graduated from NIDA ...
as Stinky Radford
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Abigail
Abigail () was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel ). Abigail was David's third wife, after Ahinoam and Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to ...
as The Woman
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Adrian Wright
Adrian Wright (1 July 1947 – 28 November 2015) was an English-Australian actor known for his roles in the 1970s children's television series ''Freewheelers'' and the Australian serial ''Prisoner'' in which he played male nurse Neil Murray.
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Production
It was based on an early play by Howson and was the seventh film from
Boulevard Films and the third which Howson directed. He shot it over two weeks with a cast of six actors on one set.
The movie has been called one of Howson's most personal works.
Fraud Case
Howson later tried to pass the film off as another movie ''The Boy Who Dared to Dream'' in order to enable investors to achieve a tax deduction. This was unsuccessful and Howson was convicted of fraud.
[David McLennan, 'Movie Credits Changed To 'preserve Integrity' ', ''The Canberra Times'', 1 September 2000 p4]
References
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Australian comedy films
1995 films
1995 comedy films
1990s English-language films
1990s Australian films
English-language comedy films
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