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Saturday Cinema: 2: Bitter Springs

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty with Gordon Jackson.

After a hazardous 600-mile trek across desert and mountains, a pioneering sheep farmer and his family settle in a territory which has been the preserve of an Aborigine tribe for generations. Bitterness and feuding result over the possession of the one water-hole in the area.
Tommy Trinder provides effervescent humour in this dramatic adventure story of the Australian bush in the 19th century.
Films: page 21

Contributors

Screenplay:
W.P. Lipscomb
Screenplay:
M. Danischewsky
From an original story by:
Ralph Smart
Producer:
Michael Balcon
Director:
Ralph Smart
Tommy:
Tommy Trinder
Wally King:
Chips Rafferty
Mac:
Gordon Jackson
'Ma' King:
Jean Blue
John King:
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Emma King:
Nonnie Piper
Charlie:
Nicky Yardley
Source: Radio Times

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