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Issue Details: First known date: 1952... 1952 Kangaroo
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Film Details - 20th Century Fox , 1952

Producers:

Robert Bassler.

Production Companies:

20th Century Fox.

Director of Photography:

Charles G. Clarke.

Editors:

Nick DeMaggio.

Music:

Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Including Maureen O'Hara (Dell McGuire), Peter Lawford (Richard Connor), Finlay Currie (Michael McGuire), Richard Boone (John W. Gamble), Chips Rafferty (Trooper 'Len' Leonard), Letty Craydon (Kathleen, McGuire's Housekeeper), and Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Matt).

Release Dates:

16 May 1952 (premiere: New York City).

4 June 1952 (Australian premiere: Red Cross fundraising limited session).


Location:

  • Filmed on location in Australia, primarily around Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, but with some shooting in Sydney around The Rocks.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • South Australia,
  • ca. 1900
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