Running from the Guns

Running from the Guns (originally known as Free Enterprise) is a 1987 Australian crime thriller film directed by John Dixon and starring Jon Blake, Mark Hembrow, Nikki Coghill, Terence Donovan, and Peter Whitford. It is a buddy action film set in Melbourne.^[6][7]

Running from the Guns
Theatrical film poster
Directed by	John Dixon
Written by	John Dixon
Produced by	Geoff Burrowes
Starring	Jon Blake Mark Hembrow Nikki Coghill Terence Donovan Peter Whitford
Cinematography	Keith Wagstaff
Edited by	Ray Daley
Music by	Bruce Rowland
Production company	Burrowes Film Group
Distributed by	Hoyts
Release date	1987 (1987)
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$6.6 million[1][2][3]
Box office	AU $72,356 (Australia)[4][5]

Premise

Two friends, Dave and Peter, accidentally pick up the wrong truck at the docks, which contains contraband wanted by some criminals.

Cast

• Jon Blake as Davie
• Mark Hembrow as Peter
• Terence Donovan as Bangles
• Nikki Coghill as Jill
• Peter Whitford as Terry
• Patrick Ward as Mulcahy
• Warwick Sims as Simon Martin
• Bill Kerr as Gilman
• Toni Lamond as Davie's Mum
• Simon Westaway as Motorcycle Cop

Production

Filming took place in late 1985.^[2]

Reception

The film received poor reviews.^[8] The Age wrote Dixon "attempts in his new film an amoral, cynical and satirical style of action caper-comedy but never comes within co-ee of achieving it."^[9]

Filmink later wrote "there’s no reason films like this couldn’t have worked in Australia, this just wasn’t done that well."^[10]