The Bushranger (1976 film) explained

Director:Federico Chentrens
Producer:Federico Chentrens
Starring:Leonard Teale
John Hamblin
Kate Fitzpatrick
Liz Harris
Cinematography:Oscar Scherl
Network:Nine Network
Company:Fedra Film
Runtime:85 mins
Country:Australia
Language:English

The Bushranger is a 1976 Australian TV movie.[1]

The movie was directed by Federico Chentrens, an Italian director who came to Australia to make a TV series about bushrangers. The series was not made but Chentres liked Australia and decided to settle there permanently.[2]

The film was based on a 1972 novel by Kenneth Cook, The Wanted Dead. The Sydney Morning Herald reviewing the book, called it "a bookful of excitement."[3] A script was originally done by Cook and Eleanor Witcombe and was sold to the ABC who were going to make it in collaboration with an Italian company. However, this floundered after problems with Actors' Equity.

The movie was part of a nine-picture slate from the Nine network made at a cost of $2 million. Others included Paradise, The Human Target, Spiral Bureau, and Polly Me Love.[4]

The film was shot entirely on the ranch of Smokey Dawson. The film was shown as part of three 90 minute TV movies on "Australian Film Week" on GTV-9 along with Polly Me Love and Murcheson Creek.[5]

Premise

A police inspector searches for a criminal only known as "Hutton".

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p21
  2. News: ITALIAN FILM DIRECTOR SETTLES IN AUSTRALIA . . 40 . 33 . Australia, Australia . 17 January 1973 . 16 July 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1972. 23. Paperbacks. Maggie. McPhee.
  4. News: The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 April 1976. 99. $2 million feature film program.
  5. News: The Age. 24 June 1976. 39. GTV9 shows 90 minute Australian films.