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Dec 15, 1987 · Frenchman's Farm: Directed by Ron Way. With Tracey Tainsh, David Reyne, Norman Kaye, John Meillon. An Australian woman's car breaks down in the country, and when she goes to get help, she's whisked back in time to 1944 and witnesses a murder.
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Ron Way
- 1987-12-15
The slowly unfolding mystery plot "Frenchman's Farm" is extremely suspenseful and absorbing. Parallel with the kids' investigation, local authorities also dig up the case from the archives and out the roots of the case date back all the way to time of Napoleon and guillotine executions.
Oct 13, 2019 · 4-Word Review: Witnessing a past murder. Jackie (Tracey Tainsh) goes traveling in her car throughout the Australian countryside while bush fires rage all around her. When her car breaks down she visits the nearest farmstead for help.
Apr 2, 2021 · Not necessarily good, mind you, but interesting. Calling it horror is probably fine, but the film is definitely more focused on the mystery aspect than the multiple killings, which is a bit of a shame, really. With Frenchman's Farm, there's a…
Definitely not the slasher sold by the cover art but this is an alright little Australian murder mystery that very much has the feel of a made-for-TV movie minus a brief skinny dipping scene. ★★★★ Rewatched by Rain Gottlieb 14 Jan 2023
An Australian woman's car breaks down in the country, and when she goes to get help, she's whisked back in time to 1944 and witnesses a murder. Returning to her car, time reverts to normal, but unable to convince anyone of her story, she investigates the crime herself.
Driving from her parents' Queensland property to Brisbane, law student Jackie Grenville takes a detour and winds up at Frenchman's Farm where she witnesses the murder of a World War II soldier by a man in French Revolutionary garb.
