Frauds

Jun 4, 1993

1h 30m

★ 6.0

He's No Ordinary Insurance Man -- You Can Bet Your Life On It!

Overview

The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Latent Image Productions Pty. Ltd.

Australian Film Finance Corporation

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Cast

Roland Copping

Phil Collins

Jonathan Wheats

Hugo Weaving

Beth Wheats

Josephine Byrnes

Michael Allen

Peter Mochrie

Margaret

Helen O'Connor

Mrs. Waterson

Colleen Clifford

Judge

Vincent Ball

Cartel Valuer

Gandhi MacIntyre

Detective Simms

Nicholas Hammond

Detective Alan

Kee Chan

Matthew Copping

Ian Cockburn

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