| Based On: | novel Cane by Robert Donaldson. |
| Director: | Robert Marchand |
| Starring: | Todd Boyce Melissa Docker Kris McQuade Nicholas Hammond |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Num Episodes: | 2 x 2 hours |
| Producer: | David Elfick Steve Knapman |
| Budget: | $4 million |
| Network: | Nine Network |
Fields of Fire is a 1987 Australian mini series about cane cutters in Queensland just prior to and during World War II.
In 1938, Englishman Bluey arrives in the north Queensland town of Silkwood. Two sisters are interested in him, Kate and Dusty. Their mother is Silkwood's matriarch.
The budget was $4 million, $150,000 of which came from the Queensland Film Corporation.[1] It was shot in Harwood Island, Ulmarra, Clarence River.[2]
| Alt Name: | Fields of Fire II |
| Based On: | storyline by David Elfick Robert Marchand |
| Director: | Robert Marchand David Elfick |
| Starring: | Todd Boyce Melissa Docker Anne Louise Lambert Joseph Spano Nicholas Hammond |
| Num Episodes: | 2 x 2 hours |
| Producer: | David Elfick Irene Korol |
| Budget: | $3.75 million |
| Network: | Nine Network |
Fields of Fire II is a 1988 sequel set in the late 1940s.
In 1946 Franco becomes a black marketeer and marries Gina. Bluey marries Dusty after the war.
| Alt Name: | Fields of Fire III |
| Director: | David Elfick Irene Korol |
| Starring: | Peta Toppano Noni Hazlehurst Nicholas Hammond |
| Num Episodes: | 2 x 2 hours |
| Network: | Nine Network |
There was a third Fields of Fire in 1988 which dealt with the story in the 1950s.[3]
In 1951 Gina and her brother Paolo are successful cane growers. Gina is attracted to Rinaldo. The Menzies government holds an anti-communist referendum.
| Character | Actor | Series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fields of Fire | Fields of Fire II | Fields of Fire III | ||
| Bluey | Todd Boyce | |||
| Dusty | Melissa Docker | |||
| Burgess | Nicholas Hammond | |||
| Elsie | Kris McQuade | |||
| Kate | Anna Hruby | |||
| Kate | Anne-Louise Lambert | |||
| Tiny | Ollie Hall | |||
| Jacko | John Jarratt | |||
| Whacker | Harold Hopkins | |||
| Chook | Patrick Ward | |||
| Acreman | Paul Bertram | |||
| Dave | Ken Radley | |||
| Albie | Philip Quast | |||
| Red | Jack Mayers | |||
| Lofty | Bill Young | |||
| Franco | Terry Serio | |||
| Franco | Joseph Spano | |||
| Gina | Peta Toppano | |||
| Paolo | Robert Ruggiero | |||
| Shorty | Dan Simmonds | |||
| Shorty | Danny Ruggiero | |||
| Dawn | Noni Hazlehurst | |||
| Rinaldo | Martin Sacks | |||
| Basia | Gosia Dobrowolska | |||
| Iris | Michele Fawdon | |||