Private Collection is a 1972 Australian black comedy film that marked the feature debuts of Pamela Stephenson and Michael Caton.
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Plot
Two rival art collectors, Henry Phillips and Joseph Tibbsworth, engage the services of George Kleptoman, a thief, to steal from each other. In the meantime Mary-Ann, Henry's bored wife, has acquired a secret boyfriend and plans mariticide.
Cast
Peter Reynolds as Henry Phillips
Pamela Stephenson as Mary-Ann Phillips
Brian Blain as Joseph Tibbsworth
Grahame Bond as George Kleptoman
John Paramor as The Boyfriend
Noel Ferrier as Chief Inspector
Jerry Thomas as Superintendent
Les Foxcroft as The Citizen
Production
The film was shot on 16mm in Sydney in January 1972. It was the first film with investment from the Australian Film Development Corporation to be publicly shown.
It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in June of that year.