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Adaptations
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form
y
Chase Through the Night
( dir. Howard Rubie
)
Australia
:
Independent Productions
,
1985
Z1819512
1985
series - publisher
film/TV
children's
crime
thriller
Based on the children's novel by Max Fatchen, Chase Through the Night was a short children's series set in the Australian outback. Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, offers the following synopsis:
Three desperate bank robbers on the run in a stolen car head for the bush into the small outback town of Caribun. They stop for petrol in an isolated general store and are recognised by Petra, a teenage girl. They bundle her into the car and continue their journey north. Arriving in the town, the robbers find that most of the townspeople have left for the long weekend. The few remaining townspeople defeat every attempt by the robbers to leave. The mini-series culminates in a violent chase on a stormy night.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Outback: In Fear of the Bush
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 71-86) -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 65 1977; (p. 22)
— Review of Chase Through the Night 1978 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 65 1977; (p. 22)
— Review of Chase Through the Night 1978 single work children's fiction -
The Outback: In Fear of the Bush
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 71-86)
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