Movie: Dead Calm (1989)
- Director: Phillip Noyce
- Release Date: 7 April 1989 (USA)
- Writers: Charles Williams (novel) Terry Hayes (screenplay)
- Run Time: 96 min | Turkey:83 min (TV version)
- Country: Australia
- Genre: Drama , Thriller
Tagline: A Voyage Into Fear.
Trivia: Around 1997, there were rumors that Orson Welles material had been revised and seemed "as good as complete (compared to the shooting script)," and that his widow, Paola Mori, was trying to get it cut and distributed.
Goofs: Continuity: During the first part of the sex scene Hughie rips off Rae's shorts and underwear. When she slips on a robe to go run up on deck and get the shotgun, she is wearing a white thong underneath her robe.
"An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems. Written by Loring Holden <loring@healthchex.com>"
