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Noel Trevarthan (as wildlife photographer Bob Wild) in the title sequence for The Rovers (screen cap)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Rovers
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Film Details - NLT Productions , 1969

Producers:

Bill Harmon (executive producer). Don Cash (producer).

Production Companies:

NLT Productions

Director of Photography:

Harry Britton and Andrew Fraser

Editors:

Louis Anivitti

Music:

Eric Cook and Tommy Leonetti

Cast:

Including Rowena Wallace (Rusty Collins), Noel Trevarthen (Bob Wild), Eddie Hepple (Captain Sam 'Cap' McGill), and Grant Seiden (Mike McGill)

Release Dates:

According to Moran, 21 August 1969

Location:

  • According to Moran, filmed in Sydney and on the Hawkesbury River (north of Sydney). Storey notes, conversely, that it was filmed entirely in Brooklyn, on the Hawkesbury River, and that interior filming took place in a converted church hall in Brooklyn.

Notes:

List of episodes

1. Slipway (Kenneth Cook)

2. The Fugitives (Michael Wright)

3. The Long Cry of the Bunyip (Michael Wright)

4. Dangerous Cargo (Michael Wright)

5. Bridie Baines (Ron McLean)

6. A Lamb and a Handful of Sugar (Glyn Davies)

7. Wide Angle Shot (Michael Wright)

8. Pigeon Post (Kenneth Hayles)

9. The Strangers (Kenneth Hayles)

10. Guitar Boy (Michael Wright)

11. Double or Nothing (Ron McLean)

12. The Bushranger (Michael Wright)

13. The Day of the Black Eagle (Kenneth Hayles)

14. Forget Me Not (Kenneth Hayles)

15. U.F.O. Pacific (Kenneth Hayles)

16. The Odyssey of Reginald Peck (Ralph W. Peterson)

17. Cannon to the Right of Them (Brian Wright)

18. Crisis (Rosamund Waring)

19. Sitting Pretty (Ron McLean)

20. Double Exposure (Edward Hepple)

21. Wright's Peak (Ron McLean)

22. Cry Wolf (Peter Schreck)

23. The Expert (Michael Wright)

24. The Charmer (Ron McLean)

25. Cousin Patrick (Michael Wright and Ron McLean)

26. Hamish Where Are You? (Michael Wright)

27. A Touch of Yellow (Michael Wright)

28. The Secret of Aroora-Hitte (Michael Wright)

29. A Place of My Own (Rosamund Waring)

30. A Present for Jenny (Rosamund Waring)

31. The Sailor (Michael Wright and Ron McLean)

32. Gone Fishin' (Ted Roberts)

33. Sophia (Kenneth Hayles)

34. The Quack (Michael Wright and Ron McLean)

35. Friends and Enemies (Ralph Peterson)

36. My Millions for a Meal (Peter Schreck)

37. A Day at the Zoo (Michael Latimer)

38. The Choice (Rosamund Waring)

39. Coma (Anne Hall)


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