Dead Calm

book by Charles Williams

Dead Calm is an American novel that was written in 1963. A 1989 Australian movie was made from it. The movie stars Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, and Billy Zane.

Dead Calm
AuthorCharles F. Williams
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
1963
Media typePrint
ISBN0-670-26042-8

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In it, a honeymoon couple rescue a young man from a sinking boat who claims to have lost his companions to food poisoning, but the real story is much less innocent.

In this movie, Kidman and Neill plays good guys and Zane plays a bad guy. This movie was Kidman's first well-known movie, and it helped make her famous. In this movie, Zane's character rapes Kidman's character.

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