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Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 Captain Thunderbolt
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Film Details - Associated TV , 1953

Producers:

John Wiltshire.

Production Companies:

Associated TV.

Finance Organisations:

The film was independently financed by Sir Benjamin Fuller.

Director of Photography:

Ross Wood.

Editors:

Margaret Cardin.

Music:

Sydney John Kay.

Cast:

Including Grant Taylor (Fred Ward), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Alan Blake), Rosemary Miller (Joan), Harp McGuire (Mannix), John Fegan (Dalton), Jean Blue (Mrs Ward), John Fernside (Colonel), Loretta Boutmy (Maggie), Ronald Whelan (Hogstone), Charles Tasman (Colonial Secretary), Harvey Adams (Parliamentarian), Patricia Hill (Belle), and John Brunskill (Judge).

Release Dates:

Released overseas in 1953.

Released in Australia in 1955 (Melbourne) and 1956 (Sydney).


Location:

  • Filmed on location in New England (New South Wales) and at the Royal National Park (Sydney).
Settings:
  • New South Wales,
  • 1800-1899
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