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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:
Sally Conabere (Anastasia Jones), Syd Conabere (Jacob Jones), Ron Roberts (Doctor Saunders), Jill Forster (Nurse Porter), Tom Lake (Mr Quinn), Gerard Maguire (Rollo), Jack Hume (Ward), John Clayton (Harry), John Black (Sam), and James Setches (Driver).
The casting call sheets in the Crawford Collection also show the following information:
Other actors considered for the role of Jacob Jones included Owen Weingott and Alfred Sandor.
Other actors considered for the role of Doctor Saunders included Kurt Ludescher, Ben Gabriel, Noel Ferrier, Terry Norris, and Don Pascoe.
Other actors considered for the role of Rollo included Brian Wenzel.
Other actors considered for the role of Sam included Frank Gow, Danny O'Meara, Peter Orcsik, and Vernon Weaver.
The stuntmen were Keith Halliwell, Errol Archibald, Graeme Mathrick, and Karl Avis.
The four extras were Bill Randell, Keith Lawrence, Albert Muir, and Myra Healey.
Release Dates:
According to Don Storey, 22 October 1973.
The script itself has a copyright date of 1972.
