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form y separately published work icon They Found a Cave single work   film/TV   children's   adventure  
Adaptation of They Found a Cave Nan Chauncy , 1948 single work children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 They Found a Cave
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Film Details - Visatone Island Pictures , 1962

Producers:

Charles E. Wolnizer (Producer).
Bertram Wicks (Associate Producer).

Production Companies:

Australian Council for Children's Films and Television.

Finance Organisations:

Children's Film Foundation.

Director of Photography:

Mervyn Gray.

Composer:

Peter Sculthorpe.

Cast:

Beryl Meekin (Ma Pinner), Mervyn Wiss (Pa Pinner), Barbara Manning (Aunt Jandie), Anne Davis (Cherry), Christopher Horner (Tas), Michael Nation (Nigel), Michael Woolford (Nippy), Peter Conrad (Brick), Michael Boddy (Sergeant Bentley), Cecily McKinley (Mrs Clancy), and Joseph Smith (Bluey).

Release Dates:

20 December 1962 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in Tasmania, including Neika, New Town Railway Station (New Town, Hobart), Richmond, and Royal Hobart Showgrounds (Glenorchy).

Awards:

  • Venice Film Festival (ca.1963) Best Children's Film (winner).
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Tasmania,
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