Slayground
Directed byTerry Bedford
Screenplay byTrevor Preston
Based onSlayground
by Donald E. Westlake
Produced byJohn Dark
Gower Frost
Starring
CinematographyStephen Smith
Edited byNick Gaster
Music byColin Towns
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia-EMI-Warner Distributors
Release date
  • December 1983 (1983-12) (United Kingdom)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]

Slayground is a 1983 British crime thriller film directed by Terry Bedford. Starring Peter Coyote, Mel Smith and Billie Whitelaw, the film is adapted from Slayground, the 14th Parker novel (although the main character has been renamed to "Stone" in this adaptation), written by Donald E. Westlake under the name Richard Stark.

Cast

Production

The novel Slayground was published in 1971.

In early 1983 Barry Spikings left Thorn EMI and Verity Lambert was appointed head of production. Lambert's first slate of films was Slayground, Comfort and Joy, Illegal Aliens (which became Morons from Outer Space) and Dreamchild.[2] Filming had finished by November 1983. "I believe all these films have international appeal," said Lambert.[3]

Reception

Monthly Film Bulletin called it "Flashdance meets film noir".[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Sunday press has reported on the UK film industry." 17 April 1983 Textline Multiple Source Collection (1980-1994)
  2. ^ Cinema Verity: Peter Fiddick talks to EMI-Thorn 's new film production chief Fiddick, Peter. The Guardian 24 Nov 1983: 13.
  3. ^ EMI back with four feature films Fiddick, Peter. The Guardian 16 Nov 1983: 2.
  4. ^ SLAYGROUND Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 51, Iss. 600, (Jan 1, 1984): 52.

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