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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Thirst
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Film Details - F. G. Film Productions , 1979

Producers:

William Fayman and Barbi Taylor (executive producers); Antony I. Ginnane (producer).

Production Companies:

F.G. Film Productions (with Victorian Film and New South Wales Film Corp).

Director of Photography:

Vince Monton.

Editors:

Philip Reid.

Production Designers:

Jon Dowding.

Music:

Brian May.

Cast:

Chantal Contouri (Kate Davis), Shirley Cameron (Mrs Barker), Max Phipps (Mr Hodge), Henry Silva (Dr Gauss), Rod Mullinar (Derek), David Hemmings (Dr Fraser), Rosie Sturgess (Lori), Robert Thompson (Sean), Walter Pym (Ditcher), and Amanda Muggleton (Martha).

Release Dates:

28 September 1979.

Location:

  • Filmed in Melbourne and in Montsalvat, Eltham (both in Victoria).

Notes:

Script-writer John Pinkney also wrote for the children's adventure program Adventures of the Seaspray.

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