AustLit
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Film Details - Crawford Productions ; Seven Network , 1973
Producers:
Terry Stapleton (executive producer).
Production Companies:
Crawford Productions.
Cast:
The following information is derived from material held in the Crawford Collection:
Bruce Barry (Bill Palmer), Maggie Millar (Joan Palmer), Jeannie Drynan (Tricia), Peter Hepworth (Harry), James Chesworth (Buck), Roger Ward (Don), Dennis Grosvenor (Steve), Dina Mann (Niki), Karen Peterson (Jan), Hu Pryce (Stan Kamen), and Roger Boyce (Vince).
The casting call sheets held in the Crawford Collection also show the following information:
Other actors considered for the role of Bill Palmer included Norman Yemm, Jack Thompson, and Ron Graham.
Other actors considered for the role of Joan Palmer included Ros De Winter.
Other actors considered for the role of Tricia included Helen Morse, Gillian Jones, Penne Hepworth Jones, Barbara Stephens, and Diane Craig.
Other actors considered for the role of Harry included Michael Aitkens.
Other actors considered for the role of Buck included Gary Down and Stewart Faichney.
Other actors considered for the role of Jan included Susan Parsons.
Other actors considered for the role of Vince included Terry Gill and Robert Essex.
'Man in Car' was played by Barry Barten.
'Woman in Car' was played by Patti Allen.
'Constable' was played by Bevan Beck.
The stuntmen were Tony Sprague and Chris Peters.
Release Dates:
According to Don Storey, 6 August 1973.
Location:
- The synopsis held in the Crawford Collection includes the following paragraph on location:
- '"Warialda" is in fact "Montsalvat" - a celebrated tourist attraction on the outskirts of Melbourne. It is a huge artists' colony, built by the artists themselves in the style of a mediaeval English castle - with turrets, belltowers and a flagstone courtyard in which Ryan does battle with a 6'6" sculptor - and loses. The colony was closed to tourists for three days while we filmed the episode.'
Settings:
- Montsalvat, Eltham, Lower Plenty - Eltham area, Melbourne - Northeast, Melbourne, Victoria,
