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Gallipoli

BBC One
on BBC One London

Drama of innocents going to war, starring Mel Gibson, Mark Lee

May 1915: Australian athlete Archy Hamilton resolves to help the Anzac war effort in the Dardanelles. Together with fellow patriot Frank Dunne, he makes an all-out effort to join the Light Horse, but finds the shocking reality of war far from the glory and heroism he had imagined.
(1981, PG) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 48-51 ****

Contributors

Director:
Peter Weir
Frank Dunne:
Mel Gibson
Archy Hamilton:
Mark Lee
Major Barton:
Bill Hunter
Uncle Jack:
Bill Kerr
Billy Lewis:
Robert Grubb
Barney Wilson:
Tim McKenzie
Snowy:
David Argue
Wallace Hamilton:
Ron Graham
Les McCann:
Harold Hopkins
Zac:
Charles Yunupingu
Stockman:
Heath Harris
Rose Hamilton:
Gerda Nicolson
Source: Radio Times

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