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The Life of Harry Dare

Aleski Vellis
Australia 1995
90 min

In this lighthearted Australian comedy-thriller, an Aborigine becomes a detective after his beloved VW Kombi van is stolen.

Harry Dare, after a troubled youth during which his father mysteriously disappeared, is seen as a young married man watching as the wrecked old van is hauled from Adelaide Harbor. He acquires it and becomes so obsessed with restoring it that his wife leaves him.

When it is finally finished, he drives it to work where it is promptly stolen. So begins his quest to find it. Harry is assisted by Jim, his estranged son. Together they end up getting entangled with a drug ring and with the people who were with Harry's father the night he so mysteriously disappeared. (Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide)

Cast
Release dates probably first shown on the Melbourne International Film Festival June 8 to June 25, 1995
Video/DVD Release Date not available
Awards not available
Rating M
Language level not available
Distributor not available
Soundtrack David Hirschfelder
Genre Comedy
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