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Film Details - Seven Network ; Alice Productions , 1981

Producers:

Henry Crawford

Production Companies:

Alice Productions

Finance Organisations:

Film Victoria

Australian Film Commission

Director of Photography:

Russell Boyd

Production Designers:

Lawrence Eastwood

Composer:

Bruce Smeaton

Cast:

Helen Morse (Jean Paget), Bryan Brown (Joe Harman), Gordon Jackson (Noel Strachan), Dorothy Alison (Mrs. Frith), Yuki Shimoda (Sergeant Mifune), Anna Volska (Sally Wilson-Hayes), Donald MacDonald (Derek Wilson-Hayes), Pat Evison (Mrs. Collard), Richard Narita (Captain Sugamo), Steve Bisley (Tim), John Howard (Donald Paget), Anne Haddy (Aggie Topp), Sid Heylen (Art Foster), Maggie Dence (Mrs O'Connor).

Release Dates:

First air date: 12 July, 1981, Seven Network. VHS Release Date (Anchor Bay): July 30, 1992.

Awards:

The mini-series took a total of five TV Week Logie awards in 1982, including best mini-series and four acting awards.
Tom Hegarty won the AWGIE for Television Adaptation in 1982.

Notes:

Series Writers include Tom Hegarty, Rosemary Anne Sisson.

Screened in the United Kingdom by the BBC in 1984. The BBC promotional trailer is available here: http://youtu.be/zdC4LMbE80U

In this clip on YouTube, Jean meets Joe for the first time.

Subjects:

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Malaysia,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Australia,
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