Say You Want Me

Say You Want Me is a 1977 Australian film directed by Oliver Howes. It is about a woman who is raped by one of her husband's business associates.^[2]

Say You Want Me
Directed by	Oliver Howes
Written by	Laura Jones
Produced by	Don Harley
Starring	Belinda Giblin Serge Lazareff Hugh Keays-Byrne Tom Oliver Henri Szeps Tex Morton
Production company	Film Australia
Distributed by	Nine Network
Release dates	6 June 1979 (1979-06-06) (Sydney) 1 April 1980 (1980-04-01) (Melbourne)
Running time	90 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$150,000[1]

The film was one of two television movies made by Film Australia for the Nine Network. (The other was A Good Thing Going.) It was shot in 1977 but not screened until 1979. ^[1]

Premise

Julie Crosby (Belinda Giblin), wife of radio presenter Tony (Serge Lazareff) is raped by property developer Harry Kirby (Hugh Keays-Byrne). Tony struggles to accept it and accuses Julie of leading Kirby on. Julie goes to the police but struggles to find corroborating evidence for her case.

Cast

• Belinda Giblin as Julie Crosby
• Serge Lazareff as Tony Crosby
• Hugh Keays-Byrne as Harry Kirby
• Tom Oliver as a photographer
• Henri Szeps as Jim Morton, Tony's boss
• Tex Morton
• Robyn Nevin as Interviewing Police Officer
• Gordon Glenwright
• Moya O'Sullivan as Julie’s mother
• Anne Haddy
• Philippa Baker
• Wendy Playfair
• Anna Volska as a Qantas personnel officer
• Peter Adams as a doctor
• Tony Alvarez as a hairdresser
• Les Foxcroft as a scientist
• Veronica Lang

Reception

Don Groves of the Sun Herald called it "a muddled, murky film riddled with absurdities" feeling it was not realistic that the wife would not report the rape straight away and that the husband would blame the wife.^[1]

Christine Hogan of the Sydney Morning Herald thought the script was "full of holes".^[3]

Awards

Belinda Giblin’s performance earned her an award for Best Actress in a single TV performance at the Sammy Awards.^[4]