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form y separately published work icon Ratbag Hero series - publisher   film/TV   historical fiction  
Adaptation of A Riverman's Story E. M. Kelsall , 1986 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Ratbag Hero
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Film Details - Portman Productions ; Ratbag Hero Productions ; Seven Network , 1991

Producers:

Zelda Rosenbaum and Oscar Whitbread.

Production Companies:

Ratbag Hero Productions
Portman Productions (in association with).
Seven Network.

Director of Photography:

Dan Burstall.

Editors:

Scott McLennan.

Production Designers:

Robbie Perkins.

Music:

David Hirschfelder.

Cast:

Including Cameron Nugent (Mick), Elaine Smith (Mum), Peter Fisher (Pop), Marcus Graham (Unc), Marion Edward (Gran), Matthew Ketteringham (Frizzy), Reg Evans (Cocky Brown), George Mallaby (Benson), Kate Whitbread (Miss Mac), Robert Morgan (McIntosh), Terry Gill (Skipper), Lawrence Held (D'Arcy), and Darius Perkins (Dave).

Location:

  • Filmed along the Murray River in Victoria and New South Wales.
Settings:
  • Murray River,
  • 1930s
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