Trial Run
1985, English. Directed by Melanie Read.
Housewife Rosemary Edmonds leaves her family to take up residence in a remote cottage on the Otago coastline so that she can conduct a photographic essay on the yellow-eyed penguin. No sooner has she moved in than she becomes the victim of a series of increasingly more malevolent attacks from an unknown assailant.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Melanie ReadDirector
- Annie WhittleRosemary Edmonds
- Judith GibsonFrances Hunt
- Christopher BrounJames Edmonds
- Philippa MayneAnna Edmonds
- Stephen TozerMichael Edmonds
- Martyn SandersonAlan West
- Lee GrantMrs. Jones
- Frances EdmondPolice Constable Miller
- Teresa WoodhamPublisher
- Allison RoeAllison
- Karen SimsReporter
- Maggie EyreMiss Walsh
Details
- Released
- 17 July 1985
- Country
- New Zealand
- Written by
- Melanie Read
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Trial Run runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Which OTT platform is Trial Run on?
Trial Run isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 July 1985. (Checked 7 November 2026.)
What movies are like Trial Run?
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Who directed Trial Run?
Trial Run (1985) was directed by Melanie Read and stars Annie Whittle, Judith Gibson, Christopher Broun.