Redball

Redball is a 1999 Australian film.

Redball
Directed by	Jon Hewitt
Written by	Jon Hewitt
Produced by	Phillip Parslow
Starring	Belinda McClory John Brumpton Dan Wyllie Asher Keddie
Cinematography	Mark Pugh
Music by	Neil McGrath
Production companies	Rough Beast Paper Bark Films
Distributed by	Palace Films Scanbox International
Release dates	29 April 1999 (1999-04-29) (Australia) 19 August 1999 (1999-08-19) (U.S.)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	under A$300,000[1]
Box office	A$30,276 (Australia)[2]

Jon Hewitt wrote the script after seeing Belinda McClory in Janus, which was produced and aired on ABC TV between 1994 and 1995.^[3]

Most of the budget came from private sources with $100,000 from Film Victoria. The movie was shot on Mini-DV.^[4]

Synopsis

Against a background of ongoing and systemic corruption, Victoria Police detectives Wilson and Walsh are tasked with solving a series of child murders committed in Melbourne by a serial killer dubbed "Mr. Creep". The film is also dispersed with scenes about a dead body found floating in the Yarra River, where more and more senior police officials instruct it to be ignored and send further downstream, reflecting the corruption and apathy shown by police throughout the film.

Cast

• Belinda McClory as Det. JJ Wilson
• John Brumpton as Det. Robbie Walsh
• Frank Magree as Det. Chris Hill
• Robert Morgan as Senior Det. Mike Brown
• Dan Wyllie as Ronny Sprinks
• Asher Keddie as Girl #2
• Neil Pigot as Bingo Wright