starring
Tom Skerritt Ian Gilmour
James Mason
Wendy Hughes American businessman
Howard Anderson teams up with a former associate to build a lavish holiday resort in the Blue
Mountains, outside Sydney. But Anderson is unaware that he is part of a vast insurance swindle to burn down the complex for greater profit....
This action-packed thriller is set during the days immediately before
Christmas, as bush fires rage during the summer heat and an insane arsonist is adding to the problems.
Screenplay by DAVID AMBROSE and QUENTIN MASTERS
Produced by JAMES MCELROY Directed by QUENTIN MASTERS
(First showing on British television) * FILMS: page 27