title: Grievous Bodily Harm
text: # Grievous Bodily Harm
  
  Grievous Bodily Harm is a 1988 Australian crime film directed by Mark Joffe starring Colin Friels and John Waters.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Crime reporter Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) and a cop (Bruno Lawrence) look for a deranged schoolteacher (John Waters) who goes on a murder spree while looking for the lover he thought to be dead.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * John Waters as Morris Martin
  * Colin Friels as Tom Stewart
  * Bruno Lawrence as Det. Sgt. Ray Birch
  * Kim Gyngell as Mick
  * Gary Stalker as Derek Allen
  * Joy Bell as Claudine
  * Shane Briant as Stephen Enderby
  * Caz Lederman as Vivian Enderby
  * John Flaus as Neil Bradshaw
  
  ## Production
  
  The script was written by Warwick Hind, a former executive at Greater Union. Errol Sullivan showed the script to Richard Brennan, who raised up to around a $1 million of the budget; the remainder was raised through Antony I. Ginnane. Richard Brennan says the actual cost of the film was $3 million but various fees put it up to $3.4 million.
  
  ## Awards
  
  The film was nominated for 4 AFI Awards in 1988, including best picture.
  
  ## Box office
  
  Grievous Bodily Harm grossed $82,267 at the box office in Australia. However it did sell to American company Fries Entertainment for over $1 million.
  
  