Bridge to Nowhere

Fresh from larger than life comedy Came a Hot Friday, Ian Mune made an abrupt turn to horror with his second feature as director. Friday alumni Phillip Gordon joins a brat pack of young Kiwi actors. Going bush, they meet gun-totting cattleman Bruno Lawrence and a young woman. He is not happy. In this clip, the group begin to crack under the strain of being hunted. Originally written by American Bill Baer, the film was pre-sold to an investor in the United States. Mune's LA agent later told him that letting the dog die didn't help the film's commercial chances in the States.

...the cinematography makes good use of the magnificent location on and around a public works concrete bridge in an uninhabited ravine in mountain country north-west of Raetihi.

– Helen Martin and Sam Edwards, in their book New Zealand Film 1912 - 1996

Key Cast & Crew

Phillip Gordon

As: Leon

Ian Mune

Director, Writer

Larry Parr

Producer, Story

Bill Baer

Writer

Shirley Grace (aka Shirley Gruar)

As: Julie's mother

Norman Fairly

As: Gray's Dad