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Film Details - Smiley Films , 1980
Producers:
Richard Brennan (producer).
Production Companies:
Smiley Productions.
Finance Organisations:
New South Wales Film Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Geoff Burton.
Editors:
Henry Dangar.
Production Designers:
Lee Whitmore.
Music:
Cameron Allan.
Cast:
Including Bryan Brown (China Jackson), Max Phipps (Norton), Dennis Miller (Redford), Gary Waddell (Dave), Phil Motherwell (Alby), Michael Gow (Andrew), Edward Robshaw (Partidge), Robert 'Tex' Morton (The Govenor), Ray Marshall (Chalmers), Syd Heylen (Old Bob), Robert Noble (Riley), Paul Sonkkila (McIntosh), Keith Gallasch (Tony), Les Newcombe (Hogan), James Marsh (Webster), and Peter Kowitz (Lewis).
Release Dates:
23 October 1980 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone, and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Post Production:
Spectrum Films International (post-production facilities).
Awards:
- AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Actor in a Lead Role (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Actor in a Lead Role (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Director (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Cinematography (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Editing (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nomination), 1980.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (nomination), 1980.
