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The Bite

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1996
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Lesley Manville, Pamela Rabe, and Hugo Weaving in The Bite (1996)
Thriller

Ellie and Jack Shannon start a jewellery business in Burma, which is renowned for its rubies but is also one of the corners of the infamous heroin 'Golden Triangle'. Things turn sinister whe... Read allEllie and Jack Shannon start a jewellery business in Burma, which is renowned for its rubies but is also one of the corners of the infamous heroin 'Golden Triangle'. Things turn sinister when one of their biggest customers, Samira Nazib, reveals that drug-trafficking is the true ... Read allEllie and Jack Shannon start a jewellery business in Burma, which is renowned for its rubies but is also one of the corners of the infamous heroin 'Golden Triangle'. Things turn sinister when one of their biggest customers, Samira Nazib, reveals that drug-trafficking is the true nature of their business. The Shannons spy on her and her partner for the Australian Feder... Read all

  • Stars
    • Hugo Weaving
    • Lesley Manville
    • Pamela Rabe
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    31
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    • Stars
      • Hugo Weaving
      • Lesley Manville
      • Pamela Rabe
    • 1User review
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    Hugo Weaving
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    • 1996
    Lesley Manville
    Lesley Manville
    • Ellie Shannon
    • 1996
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    Pamela Rabe
    • Samira Nazib
    • 1996
    Keith Allen
    Keith Allen
    • Shelley
    • 1996
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    Shane Connor
    • Thompson
    • 1996
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    • 1996
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    • 1996
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    Theresa Wong
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    • 1996
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    Monroe Reimers
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    • 1996
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    Geoff Paine
    • Daker
    • 1996
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    • 1996
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    Bruce Alexander
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    • 1996
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    • 1996
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    • 1996
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    John Murphy
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    • 1996
    Sue Ingleton
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    • 1996
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    • 1996
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    10Harrylak

    Better than Dead Calm

    It's some time ago since I saw either Dead Calm or The Bite, but I thought The Bite very, very good. Entirely convincing, very exciting, excellently acted (Weaving at his best and a great performance from Lesley Manville), a great cliffhanger ending to the first episode, and the ending even better than Dead Calm. I just wish I'd recorded it at the time!

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    • Release date
      • August 24, 1996 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • Australia
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Druga szansa
    • Production companies
      • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Warner Sisters Productions
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      • 1.33 : 1

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