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Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 Compassionate Leave
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Film Details - Crawford Productions ; Network Ten , 1971

Production Companies:

Crawford Productions.

Cast:

The following information is derived from the casting call sheets held in the Crawford Collection:

Joe Hasham (Johnny Marcelli); Deryck Barnes (Tom Farrell); Paul Karo (Paul Moran); Lyndal Barbour (Momma Marcelli); Anya Castaldini (Tina Farrell); Bill Bennett (Train Passenger); Ken Snodgrass (Tonkins); Zoe Salmon (Andrea Marcelli); Owen Weingott (Len Jackson); Natalia Chikovsky (Secretary); Judy Johnson (Stand in for 'Momma'); and Bruce Watson, Ray Thomas, Moira Farrow, Elizabeth Pelleghy, Dennis Giste, and Di du Barry (Extras).

The casting call sheets also include the following information:
Other actors considered for the role of Len Jackson included Alex Hay.
Other actors considered for the role of Paul Moran included Jack Thompson.
Other actors considered for the role of Tom Farrell includes Fred Betts, Ken Goodliffe, Stuart Glynn, Ian Farleigh, and Peter Carven.

Release Dates:

According to Storey, 14 October 1971.

Notes:

Script editor: Graham Foreman.

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