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form y separately published work icon Ride a Wild Pony single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of A Sporting Proposition James Aldridge , 1973 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1975... 1975 Ride a Wild Pony
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Film Details - Walt Disney Productions , 1975

Producers:

Ron Miller (executive producer).
Jerome Courtland (producer).

Production Companies:

Walt Disney Productions.

Director of Photography:

Jack Cardiff.

Editors:

Mike Campbell.

Music:

John Addison.

Cast:

Including Michael Craig (James Ellison), John Meillon (Charles E. Quayle), Robert Bettles (Scotty Pirie), Eva Griffith (Josie Ellison), Graham Rouse (Bluey Waters), Alfred Bell (Angus Pirie), John Meillon Jr. (Kit Quayle), Roy Haddrick (J.C. Strapp), Peter Gwynne (Sgt. Collins), Melissa Jaffer (Mrs Pirie), Lorraine Bayly (Mrs Ellison), and Kate Clarkson (Jeannie Quayle).

Release Dates:

Released in Australia on 2 November 1975.

Released in the USA on 25 December 1975.

Later rebroadcast in two parts on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Colour television series: 11 and 18 February 1979.


Location:

  • Filmed in Victoria, Australia.
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