9 Across

9 Across is a short film about choices. Incarcerated in a maximum security prison for robbing a bank, Leo is an inmate with a secret. Day and night he fills in the questions to a crossword puzzle, encrypting into his answers the...
New Zealand Production
Short 1998 Thriller, Drama 14.00 minutes
Film Main Image 601
Award-winning New Zealand actress Rena Owen features in a new short thriller. It's called 9 Across and also stars Vincent Ball (Sirens and Breaker Morant) as a prison inmate with a secret. Day and night he works on a crossword puzzle, encrypting into his answers the materials he needs to make a dramatic escape.

Directors

Jesse Warn

Producers

Matthew Metcalfe

Screenplay Writers

Jesse Warn

Cast

Rena Owen
Prison Inmate

Production Company

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