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Posts Tagged "Australian Outback"

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Adam’s Woman *** (1970, Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow, James Booth, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 12,198

Jane Merrow is Adam’s Woman. The 1970 Australian Victorian period drama film also stars Beau Bridges as convict Adam. Director Philip Leacock’s very watchable and attractively offbeat 1970 Australian Victorian period drama film Adam’s Woman […]

Jun, 24

The Earthling ** (1980, William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 11,721

Director Peter Collinson’s well meaning but gloomy and maudlin 1980 American-Australian adventure drama film The Earthling was filmed in Australia in 1979 and stars William Holden, Ricky Schroder and Jack Thompson. Holden plays an old […]

Nov, 12

Bitter Springs ** (1950, Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson, Jean Blue) – Classic Movie Review 11,325

Ealing’s ‘adventure story of the Australian bush’. Director Ralph Smart’s 1950 British/ Australian black and white adventure film Bitter Springs stars Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson and Jean Blue. Ealing Studios’ sturdy Kangaroo Western […]

Jun, 19

Sunstruck *** (1972, Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon, John Meillon, Dawn Lake, Peter Whittle, Bobby Limb) – Classic Movie Review 10,772

Director James Gilbert’s 1972 Australian romantic comedy drama Sunstruck stars Harry Secombe, who is ideally cast as Stanley Evans, an amiable but reticent Welsh teacher who acts on a poster he sees offering work in […]

Jan, 09

A Cry in the Dark **** (1988, Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Nick Tate, Charles Tingwell, Lewis Fitzgerald, Bruce Myles, Dale Reeves) – Classic Movie Review 8899

Director Fred Schepisi’s 1988 A Cry in the Dark stars Meryl Streep, who gets to try an Aussie accent this time as Seventh Day Adventist Lindy Chamberlain who goes on a camping trip with husband […]

Sep, 12

Quigley Down Under *** (1990, Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood) – Classic Movie Review 7100

Director Simon Wincer’s enjoyable 1990 middle-of-the-road Aussie Western stars Tom Selleck as high, wide and handsome American cowboy adventurer and sharpshooter Matt Quigley, who is hired from Wyoming by black-hearted, villainous Australian rancher Elliott Marston […]

May, 27

The Sundowners **** (1960, Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns, Peter Ustinov, Michael Anderson Jr, Dina Merrill, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 6165

Director Fred Zinnemann’s likeable, high, wide and handsome 1960 Australian adventure film stars Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr as an early 20th century Outback sheep herder/ drover and his wife. They argue about whether their nomadic Carmody […]

Oct, 31

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