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Kenneth Branagh as Jack Grant in The Boy in the Bush (screen cap)
Adaptation of
The Boy in the Bush
1924
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1984...
1984
The Boy in the Bush
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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; Portman Productions ; ABC Television , 1984
Producers:
Ray Alchin (executive producer). Ian Walker and Geoffrey Daniels (producers).
Production Companies:
Portman Productions and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Director of Photography:
Peter Hendry
Editors:
Lyn Solly
Production Designers:
Quentin Hole
Music:
Bruce Smeaton
Cast:
Including Kenneth Branagh (Jack Grant), Sigrid Thornton (Monica Ellis), Steve Bisley (Esau), Jon Blake (Tom Ellis), Celia De Burgh (Mary), John Frawley (Mr George), Paul Smith (Lennie), Bunny Brooke (Gran Ellis), Alfred Bell (Dr Rackett), Howard Bell (Pa Ellis), and Felicity Gordon (Ma Ellis).
Release Dates:
According to Moran, 11 March 1984
Awards:
- Moran notes that The Boy in the Bush won a Penguin Award in 1984-1985.
