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Safe House

Safe House
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Safe House
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Penned by prolific scriptwriter John Banas (Siege), this feature-length TV movie is loosely inspired by true events. In 1980s Auckland, solo mum Carole Taylor (Morgana O'Reilly) extracts herself from a fling with criminal Tony Michaels (a creepy Erroll Shand). A dogmatic detective (Peter Elliott) eyes Taylor as his star witness in putting the elusive Michaels away for murder. Taylor and and her kids are smuggled into a "safe house". Guarded by cynical, sexist officers (including Stickmen's Sc...

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Video
Date created
2012
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/safe-house-2012
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