despite this Morse eventually declined. Buckley decided not to use UAA to raise money and did it himself. When Julie Christie was going to play the lead, Bill Hunter was cast opposite her. However, eventually the lead role went to Elizabeth Alexander and Crombie felt she and Hunter did not play well together. So Hunter was replaced by John Hargreaves. Donald Crombie says making the film was fraught with tension: We researched it pretty thoroughly and we got fairly close to the beast, I think. We were peculiarly warned off by none other a person than John Dowd, who's a judge now, I believe. He rang Tony Buckley and said that this film was a bit close to the bone and - talking about me - he said, "He's got young children and he should be thinking a bit about what he's doing." It didn't put us off, but you did look under the car for about two days afterwards because you thought, hang on a minute, what's all this about... And the nexus between government and big business and crime. They're very comfortable together. Awards The film was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention. References Notes External links The Killing of Angel Street at Australian Screen Online The Killing of Angel Street at Oz Movies The Killing of Angel Street at Screen Australia The Killing of Angel Street at Letterbox DVD Review of film at Variety The Killing of Angel Street at BFI 1981 films Australian thriller films 1981 thriller films Films directed by Donald Crombie Films scored by Brian May (composer) 1980s English-language films