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Film Details - Crawford Productions , 1976

Producers:

Don Battye.

Production Companies:

Crawford Productions.

Editors:

P. Reid.

Cast:

The following information is derived from material held in the Crawford Collection:

Max Brutch (Petrakis), Lew Luton (George Fowler), Richard Miekle (Martin Gruman), Briony Behets (Karen Wallace), Keith Eden ('Mac' McIntyre), Paul Young (Wayne Humphries), Mackie Smetana (Mr Goldman), Gil Tucker (Tim), Bethany Lee (Annie), Billi Hammerbert (Mrs Gruman), Bill McClure (Uniform Inspector), Clive Hearne (Det. Sergeant), Judy McBurney (Janey), Des Owen (Milko), Gerald Day (Salesman), John Blackall (Hire Car Driver), Leonie Bradley (Petrakis' Secretary), John Capewell (Little Man), and Jack Perry (Spruiker).

Release Dates:

According to Don Storey, 2 August 1976.

According to the production schedules held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection, the episode was filmed from 18 February 1976.

Location:

The series was originally written to be filmed in Sydney. The publicity material for Bluey held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection includes two (undated and unsigned) publicity blurbs for the program. The key difference is that one blurb positions the program in Sydney: 'The Company has long planned to produce a major series in Sydney. By setting our new police drama in Sydney we could capitalise on the superb dramatic and scenic potential of the city and suburbs -- at the same time creating a new and exciting police environment'. In the copy held in the Crawford Collection, this paragraph has been crossed out in blue ink: it does not appear in the other blurb, though the two are otherwise almost identical.

Notes:

Script editor: Don Battye.

The cover page for the copy of the Melbourne-based script lists some crew members, including David Lee (production manager), Irene Korol (production assistant), Geoff Morrow (1st assistant), Jo Weeks (continuity), Ian Dewhurst (best boy), Ian Bennallack (grip), Pino Amenta (sound recordist), Dean Gawen (boom operator), Viv Mepham (make-up), Terry Ryan (wardrobe), and Phil Eagles (props).

Many of these crew members have continued to work in the industry. For example:

Jo Weeks, after working in continuity in such Crawfords programs as Homicide and The Box, has worked as script supervisor on such television programs as Stark and Farscape and such films as Shine, Cosi, Moulin Rouge!, and Queen of the Damned.

Ian Dewhurst has worked in the camera and electrical department of such television programs as Stark and State Coroner, and such films as Frog Dreaming, Ground Zero, and Where the Wild Things Are.

Pino Amenta has worked consistently as a director in Australian film and television since The Sullivans, including Sons and Daughters, The Flying Doctors, Acropolis Now, All Together Now, Farscape, Crash Zone, Chuck Finn, BeastMaster, All Saints, Conspiracy 365, and Packed to the Rafters.

Viv (or Vivien) Mepham moved from Crawford Productions to various television programs (including Heartbreak High and Murder Call) and films (including Dating the Enemy). She was hair and make-up designer on both The Thin Red Line and Mao's Last Dancer, and was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for her work on The Starter Wife.

Terry Ryan moved from the costume and wardrobe department in Crawford Productions programs to the role of costume designer in such films and television programs as Paradise Road, Sirens, Farscape, King Kong, and Tomorrow, When the War Began. He has won AFI Awards for films including Children of the Revolution, Billy's Holiday, and Kangaroo, and was nominated for an Emmy for Farscape.

Phil Eagles moved from props to wardrobe (for such films as The Year of Living Dangerously, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, and Gallipoli) and then to the role of costume designer (for such television programs as The Sleepover Club and Sea Patrol).

Subjects:

Settings:

Melbourne, Victoria,
Sydney, New South Wales,

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