New Zealand,
1981, 100 min
Directed by:
Roger DonaldsonScreenplay:
Roger DonaldsonCast:
Bruno Lawrence, Sean Duffy, Margaret Umbers, Anna Maria Monticelli, Desmond Kelly, Terence Donovan, Greer Robson-Kirk, Keith AberdeinVOD (1)
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Smash Palace concerns itself with the marriage of former racing driver Al (Bruno Lawrence) and French-born Jacqui (Anna Jemison). The pair had met when she nursed him back to health following a career-ending injury. They married, returned to Al's native New Zealand to take over his late father's wrecking yard business the Smash Palace of the title and had a child. But over time stagnation has set in, Jacqui's resentment of Al has grown, and things are threatening to spill over. (Arrow Academy)
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