Skin Deep is a 1984 Australian television film produced by PBL Productions for Channel 9. It was directed by Chris Langman and Mark Joffe and stars Briony Behets and Carmen Duncan and features an early appearance by Nicole Kidman.[1]

Skin Deep
GenreDrama
Written byAnne Lucas
Directed byChris Langman
Mark Joffe
StarringDavid Reyne
Briony Behets
Carmen Duncan
Kate Fitzpatrick
James Smilie
Nicole Kidman
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerIan Bradley
ProducerStanley Walsh
CinematographyRay Henman
EditorPhilip Howe
Running time92 minutes
Production companyPBL Productions
Original release
Release1985 (1985)[1]

Set in the fashion industry, it was one of the few Australian films to be set in this milieu and was an attempt to do an Australian Dallas or Dynasty.[2]

Plot

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Barbara Kennedy is a successful business woman in the fashion and modelling industry. In the lead up to a fashion designers awards night, her boyfriend Cliff proposes to her. But then she realises that one of her own models is her illegitimate daughter, placed for adoption years earlier. She has a bitchy rival Vanessa. And a murderer is loose.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The 1985 Production File", Sydney Morning Herald, 17 December 1984 p 37
  2. ^ Peter Malone: Skin Deep, (via archive.org)
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