To Make a Killing

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = To Make a Killing | image = Tomakeakillingdvdcover.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = [[Karl Zwicky]] | producer = Charles Hannah [[David Hannay (producer)|David Hannay]] | writer = [[P. J. Hogan]] Karl Zwicky | based_on = | narrator = | starring = [[Tamblyn Lord]] [[Craig Pearce]] Tiffiny Dowe [[Kelly Dingwall]] | music = Robert Scott John Sleith | cinematography = John Stokes | editing = Roy Mason | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1988}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Australia | language = English | budget = A$640,000<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p292-293</ref> | gross = }} '''''To Make a Killing''''' (also known as '''''Vicious''''' and '''''Wild Boys'''''<ref>Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p159</ref>) is a 1988 Australian [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller film]] written and directed by [[Karl Zwicky]] and co-written by [[P. J. Hogan]]. It stars [[Tamblyn Lord]], [[Craig Pearce]], Tiffiny Dowe and [[Kelly Dingwall]].

==Plot== Damon ([[Tamblyn Lord]]) graduates from high school but becomes bored during summer vacation and seeks rebellion. He befriends a trio of home invaders led by Terry ([[Craig Pearce]]), whose lifestyle provides the excitement Damon desires. However, when the gang’s crimes escalate during a home invasion that ends in murder, Damon is forced to confront the consequences and decide how far he is willing to go to survive.

==Cast== *[[Tamblyn Lord]] as Damon Kennedy *[[Craig Pearce]] as Terry *Tiffiny Dowe as Sondra Price *[[Kelly Dingwall]] as Benny *John Godden as Felix *[[Joanna Lockwood]] as Diane Kennedy *[[Gerard Maguire]] as Brian Kennedy *[[Ajay Rochester]] as Claire *[[John Clayton (Australian actor)|John Clayton]] as Graham Price *Louise Cullen as Adele Price

==Production== Producers Tom Broadbridge and David Hannay had decided to make a package of four exploitation films all shot on 35mm for the world video market which were all shot in late 1987. This was one of them - Broadbridge wanted Zwicky to make another script but he wanted to make his own and the producers agreed. The script was written in five weeks and the movie was shot in four 6-day weeks in the northern suburbs of Sydney.

==Release== The film was not released theatrically and went straight to video.

==See also== *[[List of films featuring home invasions]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0096381}} *[https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/vicious%21 Vicious] at Oz Movies

[[Category:Australian thriller films]] [[Category:1988 films]] [[Category:Films directed by Karl Zwicky]] [[Category:1988 English-language films]] [[Category:1988 Australian films]]