Absent Without Leave (1993)
1h 44m
Running Time
February 20, 1993Release Date
Absent Without Leave (1993)
1h 44m
Running Time
February 20, 1993Release Date
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Plot.
In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland. When Ed's leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home. As a deserter, Ed is hunted, captured and imprisoned. Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside. The film is based upon a true story.
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Cast & Crew.
Craig McLachlan
James Edwards
Katrina Hobbs
Daisy Edwards
Judie Douglass
Ella
Tony Barry
Peter
Ken Blackburn
C.O.
John Laing
Director
Tony Burton
Constable
John Laing
Director
James Edwards
Writer
Francis Bell
Paddy
Graeme Tetley
Writer
Robyn Malcolm
Betty
Robin Laing
Producer
David Copeland
Claude
Desmond Kelly
Daisy's Father
David Long
Composer
Details.
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Wiki.
Absent Without Leave is a 1992 New Zealand drama film directed by John Laing and starring Craig McLachlan. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. It was summed up by Russell Edwards of Filmnews as "an incomprehensible WW2 soap opera
about a dimwitted soldier (Craig McLachlan) and his whining clinging wife (Katrina Hobbs)."