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Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
form y separately published work icon Fibber, the Dancing Galah single work   film/TV   crime   thriller  
Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Fibber, the Dancing Galah
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Film Details - Crawford Productions ; Seven Network , 1973

Producers:

Terry Stapleton (executive producer).

Production Companies:

Crawford Productions.

Cast:

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

Don Crosby (Fibber), Frank Wilson (Jack Hayes), Brian Doyle (Lance), Mary Marshall (Wife), Cecily Polson (Vicki), Robert Essex (Freeman), Tony Sprague (Rogers), David Clendinning (Walsh), Graeme Blundell (Slade), Terry Gill (Chester), Bob Horsfall (Barman), Max Reid (Policeman), and Lenice Reed (Woman).

Casting call sheets held in the Crawford Collection also show the following information:
Gordon Allen was cast as Stop-Go Man.
Fred Greenwood and Gordon Chuck were cast as Extras.
Other actors considered for the role of Vicki included Kate Fitzpatrick.
Other actors considered for the role of Slade included Stewart Faichney.
Other actors considered for the role of Barman included Jakc Perry.
The stuntman was Gary Down.
Other actors considered for the role of Policeman included Peter Culpan and John Heddle.
Actors considered for the roles of '2 Thugs' included Chris Peters, Ian Bishop, and Ken Webb.

Release Dates:

According to Don Storey, 1 October 1973.

Notes:

Script editor: Peter Schreck.

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