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Film Details - Charles Chauvel Productions , 1955 - British Lion , 1956
Producers:
Charles Chauvel
Production Companies:
Charles Chauvel Productions
Director of Photography:
Carl Kayser
Editors:
Pam Bosworth
Jack Gardiner
Alex Ezard
Composer:
Isadore Goodman
Cast:
Incl. Ngarla Kunoth (Jedda), Robert Tudawali (Marbuck), Betty Suttor (Sarah McMann), Paul Reynall (Joe), George Simpson-Lyttle (Douglas McMann), Tas Fitzer (Peter Wallis), Wason Byers (Felix Romeo), Willie Farrar (Little Joe), Margaret Dingle (Little Jedda).
Release Dates:
5 May 1955 (Australia). Other release dates include Sweden (19 March 1956) and the USA (27 February 1957).
Location:
- Central Australia, Northern Territory (Australia)
Notes:
1. Titled Jedda the Uncivilised for the film's US release.
2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980), pp.288-289.
Settings:
- Northern Territory,
