Dangerous Orphans

Director John Laing followed acclaimed romance Other Halves with an equally stylish but very different big city tale: a thriller in which three orphans plan an international heist to avenge the killing of one of their fathers. The expected diet of shootings, skulduggery and globetrotting accents is enlived by side trips to Geneva, songs from romantic interest Jennifer Ward-Lealand, and a cast of villains to die for (Peter Bland, Ian Mune, Anzac Wallace, Grant Tilly). When Dangerous Orphans was sold in Europe it set an early record for a New Zealand film.

Unashamedly Boys' Own.

– Producer Don Reynolds on Dangerous Orphans

Key Cast & Crew

Ross Girven

As: Rossi

Peter Stevens

As: Harry O'Malley

Michael Hurst

As: Moir

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

As: Teresa Costello

Anzac Wallace

As: Scanlan

John Laing

Director