title: Running from the Guns
text: # Running from the Guns
  
  Running from the Guns (originally known as Free Enterprise) is a 1987 Australian crime thriller film directed by John Dixon and starring Jon Blake, Mark Hembrow, Nikki Coghill, Terence Donovan, and Peter Whitford. It is a buddy action film set in Melbourne.
  
  ## Premise
  
  Two friends, Dave and Peter, accidentally pick up the wrong truck at the docks, which contains contraband wanted by some criminals.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Jon Blake as Davie
  * Mark Hembrow as Peter
  * Terence Donovan as Bangles
  * Nikki Coghill as Jill
  * Peter Whitford as Terry
  * Patrick Ward as Mulcahy
  * Warwick Sims as Simon Martin
  * Bill Kerr as Gilman
  
  ## Production
  
  Filming took place in late 1985.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The film received poor reviews.
  
  Filmink later said "There’s no reason films like this couldn’t have worked in Australia, this just wasn’t done that well."
  
  