Fever (1988): Cast
Fever is a 1988 crime thriller directed by Craig Lahiff, starring Bill Hunter as Sergeant Jack Welles, Gary Sweet and Jim Holt. It runs 1 hour 24 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 24m (84 min)
- Director
- Craig Lahiff
- Original language
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English - After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Fever About?
The premise of Fever without spoilers.
Under the relentless desert sun, the heat burns everyone, setting a stark backdrop for a police officer who, while on duty, uncovers a suitcase stuffed with drug money. At home, his marriage unravels as his wife begins an affair with another man, pulling him into a web of personal and criminal turmoil.
Fever Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- looking at a photograph
- man wears eyeglasses
- handshake
- crying woman
- ozploitation
- heist
- heist movie
- policeman murdered by a policeman
- dead animal in the water
- dead body in a car
- wife murders her husband
- australian heist movie
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- cheating wife
- car keys
- bagman
- money
- counterfeit money
- suitcase
- death
- disease in title
- railway platform
- hidden gun
- saving a life
- violence
- unfaithfulness
- infidelity
- extramarital affair
- sex
- rural setting
- airplane
- bedroom
- killed by cop
- driving alone
- country town
- dead man
- betrayal
- abandoned by wife
- murder on a train
- train conductor
- train ticket seller
- ambulance driver
- nurse
- bank teller
- bank manager
- gate
- threat
- old woman
- leaving town
- waiting in line
- queue
Fever Cast & Characters
Bill Hunter leads the cast as Sergeant Jack Welles, with Gary Sweet as Jeff Maslim and Jim Holt as Morris. Directed by Craig Lahiff; 10 actors are credited in all.
- Director Craig Lahiff
- Bill Hunter as Sergeant Jack Welles
- Gary Sweet as Jeff Maslim
- Jim Holt as Morris
- Mary Regan as Leanne Welles
Also Starring in Fever
· 6 more- Carmel Young Bank Teller
- Lawrence Mah Mr. Tan
- Peter Goerecke Bank Manager
- Warwick Cooper Country Ticket Seller
- Kathryn Fisher Nurse
- Rodney Van Der Wall Mr. Sen
More from Craig Lahiff
More films directed by Craig Lahiff, best-rated first: Swerve, Heaven’s Burning and Coda.
Fever Also Known As
4 alternative titles, including “Le prix du crime” and “Fever Kill”.
- Also known as
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- Le prix du crime
- Fever Kill
- La vedova non veste di nero
- Лихорадка
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Fever FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Fever, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Fever?
Fever runs 1 hour 24 minutes (84 minutes).
When was Fever released?
Fever was released on August 26, 1988.
Who directed Fever?
Fever was directed by Craig Lahiff.
More films by Craig Lahiff Who is in the cast of Fever?
Fever stars Bill Hunter as Sergeant Jack Welles, Gary Sweet as Jeff Maslim and Jim Holt as Morris, among 10 credited actors.
Does Fever have a post-credit scene?
No. Fever has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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