Blood in the Sand

An all-star cast start filming next week on the new ABC TV telemovie Blood in the Sand.

Written by Ian David (Blue Murder, Joh’s Jury, The Shark Net), Blood in the Sand is a true crime story which explores the relationship between violent behaviour and creative responsibility.

Set in the late 1920s and early 1930s Blood in the Sand stars Robert Menzies (Three Dollars) as Arthur Upfield, crime writer and rabbit proof fence repairer, who plots the perfect murder for his fictional super sleuth Napolean Bonaparte (Bony), however Upfield has no idea of the power of his imagination.

Friend and trapper Snowy Rowles, played by Luke Ford (The Black Balloon, Kokoda, Junction Boys) decides to put Upfield’s fantasy into practice, killing three men before the book, The Sands of Windee, is published.