form y separately published work icon The Nickel Queen single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: Ghost Town Millionairess
Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 The Nickel Queen
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Film Details - Woomera Productions , 1971

Producers:

John McCallum (Producer)
Joy Cavill (Producer)
Bob Austin (Executive Producer)
Lee Robinson Executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Woomera Productions

Director of Photography:

John L. Williams

Editors:

Don Saunders

Production Designers:

Bernard Hides

Composer:

Sven Libaek

Music:

The songs 'Go Anywhere' and 'Look Everyday' (by Sven Libaek and Adrian Linden) are sung by Kerry Biddell and Terry Kaff.

Cast:

Incl. Googie Withers (Meg Blake); John Laws (q.v., Claude Fitzgerald); Alfred Sandor (Benson); Ed Devereaux (Harry Phillips); Peter Gwynne (Andy); Doreen Warburton (Mrs Benson); Tom Oliver (Roy); Ross Thompson (Arthur); Joanna McCallum (Jenny Blake); Eileen Collacott (Beatrice Whittaker); Maurice Ogden (Ernest Whittaker); Ross Lightfoot (Jim); Joan McGrath (Mary); Des Sambo (Garry); Mas Masters (hippy); Sue Hartley (hippy); Christine Mearing (hippy); Tasma Mearing (hippy); Jenny Tuurenhout (hippy); Eleanor Proud (hippy); Sir David Brand, former premier of Western Australia (Himself); Charles Court, Premier of Western Australia (Himself); Arthur Griffith, MP (Himself).

Release Dates:

1 April 1971 (Australia)

Location:

  • Filmed on location at Ora Brand, Western Australia.

Notes:

1. Choreography by Ossie Sanderson and Raymond Walker.
2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), p. 329.

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