The Last Tattoo (1994)
In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hotel Workers Union, who is sitting pretty, exempt from military service and living it up on black market profits. Girls under the control of the union - of whom the victim's fiancee, Rose, is one - give sexual favours to the Americans, in return for information. The marine assigned to investigate the murder, tries to find Rose through a public health nurse who traces VD infections. However they discover there it more going on than they realized, involving a conspiracy amongst the Union, the government and the U.S. military.
Director:
John Reid
Writer:
Keith Aberdein
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Tony Goldwyn as Captain Mike Starwood |
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Kerry Fox as Kelly Towne |
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Robert Loggia as Colonel Conrad Dart |
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Rod Steiger as General Frank W. Zane |
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John Bach as Austen Leech |
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Timothy Balme as Jim Mitchell |
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Tony Barry as James Carroll |
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Peter Hambleton as Peter Davis |
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Elizabeth Hawthorne as Henrietta Simpson |
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Michelle Huirama as Grace Raukawa |
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Desmond Kelly as Monty McGurr |
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Martyn Sanderson as Ralph Simpson |
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Katie Wolfe as Rose Mitchell |
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Donna Akersten as Mrs Monahan |
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Jed Brophy as Furlough Guard |
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Michael Robinson as Marine Guard #1 |
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Brett Tompkins as Marine Guard #2 |
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Danielle Cormack as Molly |
| Directing | Dave Norris | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Charlie Haskell | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Rebecca Steele | Clapper Loader |
| Directing | Stuart Freeman | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vivian Zink | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Brita McVeigh | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | Richard Bluck | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Darrin Keough | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Neville Carson | Producer |
| Writing | Keith Aberdein | Screenplay |
| Directing | John Reid | Director |
| Art | Joe Bleakley | Art Direction |
| Production | Bill Gavin | Producer |
| Camera | John Blick | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rob Outterside | Editor |
| Art | Ron Highfield | Production Design |
| Art | Rob Outterside | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Charles | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Darragh | Costume Design |