form y separately published work icon Wills & Burke single work   film/TV   humour   historical fiction  
Alternative title: The Wacky World of Wills & Burke [US title]; Wills & Burke: The Untold Story
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Wills & Burke
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Film Details - Stony Desert Productions ; Generation Films , 1985

Producers:

Margot McDonald and Bob Weis.

Production Companies:

Stony Desert Productions.
Generation Films.

Director of Photography:

Nino Gaetano Martinetti.

Editors:

Edward McQueen-Mason.

Production Designers:

Tracy Watt.

Music:

Paul Grabowsky and Red Symons.

Cast:

Including Garry McDonald (Robert O'Hara Burke), Kim Gyngell (William John Wills), Peter Collingwood (Sir William Stawell), Jonathan Hardy (John Macadam), Roderick Williams (George Landells), Mark Little (John King), Roy Baldwin (Charley Gray), Alex Menglet (William Brahe), Tony Rickards (Patton), Simon Thorpe (McDonough), Wyn Roberts (William Wright), Dalibor Satalic (Beckler), and Nicole Kidman (Julia Matthews).

Release Dates:

Premiered in Australia on 24 October 1985.

Location:

  • Filmed in Victoria.

Notes:

Released in the US as The Wacky World of Wills & Burke.

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