Middle Age Spread

For the play, see Middle-Age Spread.

Middle Age Spread is a 1979 New Zealand film. It is an adaptation of the Roger Hall play of the same name.^[1] This is John Reid's directorial feature debut.^[2][3]

Middle Age Spread
Directed by	John Reid
Written by	Roger Hall (play) Keith Aberdein (screenplay)
Produced by	John Barnett
Starring	Grant Tilly Donna Akersten Dorothy McKegg Bridget Armstrong Bevan Wilson Peter Sumner
Cinematography	Alun Bollinger
Edited by	Michael Horton
Music by	Stephen McCurdy
Distributed by	Endeavour Productions
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English

Plot

A deputy principal of a high school takes up jogging to combat a spreading waistline and gradually enters into an affair with a co-worker's wife when his wife loses interest in him.

Cast

• Grant Tilly – Colin
• Donna Akersten – Judy
• Dorothy McKegg – Elizabeth
• Bridget Armstrong – Isobel
• Bevan Wilson – Robert
• Peter Sumner – Reg