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Leo Sullivan (Vincent Ball) is doing time in maximum security prison for his part in a bank robbery gone wrong. By night he plans escape. Cellmate Terry (Clint Sharplin) is an undercover cop hoping to crack Leo's code and claim a bigger prize; Leo's elusive partner in crime. Producer Matthew Metcalfe was committed to bringing Jesse Warn's first short to the screen: it took him years to pay back the loan he made to get it off the ground. Warn won an award for Best Contribution to a Short Film at the 1999 Nokia NZ Film Awards; the duo later made murder mystery Nemesis Game. 

If you have a blueprint, all you need to escape is a steel bar, a hammer, a screwdriver and a bedsheet.

– Prisoner Leo Sullivan (Vincent Ball) talks to his cellmate Terry ( Clint Sharplin)

Key Cast & Crew

Clint Sharplin

As: Terry Fitzroy

Aaron Morton

Cinematographer

Vincent Ball

As: Leo Sullivan

Matthew Metcalfe

Producer

Rena Owen

As: Woman at the bank

Jesse Warn

Director, Writer