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form y separately published work icon Dangerous Remedy single work   film/TV   historical fiction   thriller   crime  
Composed: Based in part on writings by Dr Bertram Wainer.
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Dangerous Remedy
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Film Details - Summer Offensive Pty Ltd , 2012

Producers:

Ned Lander and Lisa Wang (producers).
Andrew Myer, David Ogilvy, and Carole Sklan (executive producers).

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Eclipse Films.

Director of Photography:

Roger Lanser.

Editors:

Peter Carrodus.

Production Designers:

Robbie Perkins.

Music:

Guy Gross.

Cast:

Including Jeremy Sims (Bertram Wainer), Susie Porter (Peggy Berman), Maeve Dermody (Jo Wainer), Mark Leonard Winter (Lionel Pugh), Peter O'Brien (Barry Smith), William McInnes (Jack Ford), Nicholas Bell (Dr Troup), Gary Sweet (Matthews), Chris Haywood (Sir Arthur Rylah), Caroline Craig (Barbara Wainer), Nicole Freeman (Felice Wainer), Cameron Heine (Dirk Wainer), Calen MacKenzie (Rory Wainer), Elliott Smith (Sean Wainer), Emily Wheaton (Bonnie McGregor), Peter Hardy (Robbie McGregor), and Fiona Macleod (Maggie McGregor).

Release Dates:

Aired on 4 November 2012.

Location:

  • Filmed and set in Melbourne, Victoria.

Awards:

  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actress (nomination for Susie Porter), 2013.
  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (nomination for Susie Porter), 2013.

Notes:

Multiplatform director: Nicholas Verso.

Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1969
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