In Search of Anna is a 1978 film directed by Esben Storm.

It was originally envisioned as a TV series but then became a feature.^[2]

Richard Moir plays Tony, who has just been released from jail. His former inmates want him to participate in a robbery, but Tony just wants to find Anna and ends up dealing with one problem at a time.

• Richard Moir as Tony
• Judy Morris as Sam
• Chris Haywood as Jerry
• Bill Hunter as Peter
• Alex Taifer as Tony's father
• Ian Nimmo as Buzz
• Gary Waddell as Maxie
• Richard Murphett as Undertaker
• Maurie Fields as Bert

It was Storm's second feature, following his debut with 27A and after an unsuccessful attempt to make another movie called Angel Gear.

I became aware that all the films being made in Australia were period films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Getting of Wisdom, Between Wars. I felt this reflected a society that was unable to come to terms with where it was at. I know you have to look into the past and find your heroes but it seemed to me that it was reflective of a desire not to face up to where we were at. That also coincided with where I was at personally in my relationship to women and to Haydn [former collaborator Haydn Keenan], so I thought I should make a film about leaving the past behind and coming to terms with the present, moving into the future with a positive attitude. That's what I thought I should do personally and that's what I felt Australia should do. It led to In Search of Anna.^[3]

The budget was meant to be $231,000 but went more than $100,000 over. $50,000 was provided by the Victorian Film Corporation.^[4] Shooting began on 28 February 1977.^[1]

According to Storm the film performed "really well, relatively" at the Australian box office, running for six weeks. It was also nominated for six AFI Awards.^[3]