for the robbers, then proceed to ambush and apprehend the robbers. The Boss, Whitey and Moustache escape in a removal truck with Judy as a hostage, with P.J. and Goose taking chase. They cause the truck to crash, with police soon arriving to arrest The Boss, Whitey and Moustache. The police build a BMX track as thanks for the capture. In its opening meeting, the BMX Bandits sweep the main awards. Cast Nicole Kidman as Judy Angelo D'Angelo as P.J. James Lugton as Goose David Argue as Whitey John Ley as Moustache Bryan Marshall as The Boss Brian Sloman as The Creep Peter Browne as Police Constable Bill Brady as Police Sergeant Linda Newton as Policewoman Bob Hicks as Heavy #1 Guy Norris as Heavy #2 Chris Hession as Heavy #3 Norman Hodges as The Drunk Brian Best as Supermarket Manager Ray Marshall as Foreman Patrick Mansfield as Crane Operator De Vuong as BMX Stunt Rider Filming locations Northern Beaches Warringah Mall Waverley Cemetery, Bronte Manly Oval Manly Waterworks The Corso Manly Beach Sydney Harbour Lane Cove Flour bombing scene Production The film was originally going to be written and directed by Russell Hagg, only it was going to be about nine-year old characters. He was unable to raise finance. The project passed to producer Tom Broadbridge who hired Hagg's frequent collaborator Patrick Edgeworth to rewrite the script and make it about teenagers. Brian Trenchard-Smith was hired after the producers had been impressed by his handling of action in Turkey Shoot. He says the script was originally set in Melbourne but he persuaded them to re-set it in Sydney to take advantage of that city's locations. He set it on the northern beaches and wrote action sequences based on "my concept for the BMX action being putting BMX bikes where BMX bikes aren’t meant to be." The movie was shot over 41 days, a longer than normal shoot because of the labour restrictions caused by the fact many of the cast were under 16. Trenchard-Smith: I wanted to capture the spirit of the Ealing comedies and British films of the '50s and '60s that were clearly aimed at children and delivered action and fun in a largely cartoonish way. If you look at the basic premise of the plot, the crooks clearly want to or intend to kill the children at some point, so how do you disguise that and