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Film Details - Hecht-Hill-Lancaster (Australia) , 1959

Producers:

Leslie Norman (Producer)

Cecil F. Ford (Associate Producer)

Production Companies:

Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Pty Ltd

Director of Photography:

Paul Beeson

Editors:

Gordon Hales

Production Designers:

Jim Morahan

Composer:

Benjamin Frankel

Cast:

Incl. Ernest Borgnine (Roo), Anne Baxter (Olive), John Mills (Barney), Angela Lansbury (Pearl), Vincent Ball (Dowd), Ethel Gabriel (Emma), Janette Craig (Bubba), Deryck Barnes (Bluey), Tom Lurich (The Atom Bomber), Al Thomas (Spriuker), Dana Wilson (The Bomber's Daughter), Al Garcia (Dino), Frank Wilson (Vince), Jessica Noad (Nancy).

Release Dates:

1. Released in Finland (15 April 1960); Denmark (13 May 1960); Sweden (30 May 1960); USA (16 December 1961).

Location:

Filmed on location around Sydney (NSW), including Luna Park, Bondi Beach, and Sydney Harbour. Interior scenes were shot at the Pagewood Studios and Artransa Park Film Studios.

Notes:

1. Also known as Der Sommer der Siebzehnten Puppe (West Germany); L'estate della Diciassettesima Bambola (Italy); Så I Røgen, Piger? (Denmark); Season of Passion (USA); Seitsemännentoista Nuken Kesä (Finland); Summer of the 17th Doll (UK).

2. No videocassette or DVD releases of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll are known to exist, apart from a preservation copy held by the National Film and Sound Archive.

3. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), pp. 297-298.

Subjects:

Settings:

Sydney, New South Wales,
1950s

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