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Film Details - Ealing Studios , 1949
Producers:
Michael Balcon (Producer)
Leslie Norman (Associate producer)
Production Companies:
Ealing Studios
Director of Photography:
George Heath
Editors:
Leslie Norman
Production Designers:
Charles Woolveridge
Composer:
John Greenwood
Cast:
Incl. Chips Rafferty (Peter Lalor), Jane Barrett (Alicia Dunne), Jack Lambert (Commissioner Rede), Peter Illing (Raffaello), Gordon Jackson (Torn Kennedy), Ralph Truman (Governor Hotham), Sydney Loder (Vern), John Fernside (Sly Grog Seller), Grant Taylor (Sergeant Major Milne), Peter Finch (Humffray), Dorothy Alison (Mrs Bentley), Kevin Brennan (Black), Marshall Crosby, John Fegan (Hayes), Al Thomas (Scobie), Ron Whelan (Bentley), Reg Wykeham (Doctor Moore), John Cazabon, Nigel Lovell (Capt. Wise), Clement Maloney (Miner), Betty Ross (Mrs O'Rourke), Charles Tasman (Gov. Latrobe), Frederick Vern, John Wiltshire (Father Smythe), Nicky Yardley.
Release Dates:
1. 26 January 1949 (Gaumont Theatre, London, England - world premiere). Premiered in Australia on 7 May 1949 (Lyceum Theatre, Sydney). Other known release dates include Finland (13 May 1949), Denmark (17 August 1949), Sweden (12 September 1949), Austria (14 October 1949), USA (13 December 1950), and Japan (1 December 1953).
2. Released on videocassette format in 1996 by Nostalgia Family Video (USA).
Location:
- Filmed near Singleton, New South Wales
Notes:
1. Ralph Smart is credited as having contributed additional scenes to the screenplay.
2. Also known as Den Stora Guldruschen (Sweden), Goldfieber (Austria), Goldgräber (West Germany), Kulta ja Kunnia (Finland). An abridged version was released in the USA in 1950 under the title Massacre Hill.
3. Eureka Stockade was one of several Ealing Studios films to be produced in Australia, and the Eureka rebellion was carefully researched by Harry Watt, Rex Rienits and a small team of historians. The film is also distinguished by its reconstruction of the Ballarat goldfields (on location near Singleton, N.S.W.), well-staged action, and strong supporting cast.
4. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), pp. 271-272.
Settings:
- Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
