The Night the Prowler

The Night the Prowler aka. Patrick Whites The Night the Prowler is a 1978 Australian film produced by Anthony Buckley and directed by Jim Sharman and written by Patrick White. Ruth Cracknell was nominated in 1979 for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her part.

Sharman had worked successfully with White directing the latters play Season at Sarsaparilla. While doing that White suggested thought his book The Night the Prowler might make a film Sharman agreed and White wrote a screenplay.

Source: Wikipedia