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John Sullivan Story

Year of completion
1979
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Telemovie
Genre
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Duration
100 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

In 1941 John Sullivan, the son of Australia's most loved television series, was on a ship in the Mediterranean when it was torpedoed. His family heard nothing of him for more than two years. This is the story of what happened.
Completion Year
1979
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Format
Telemovie
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Producer

John Baringham

Executive Producer

Jock Blair, Hector Crawford

Director

Peter Gawler, David Stevens

Production Designer

John Johnson, Robert Perkins, Phillipa Richards

Writer

Tony Morphett, Brian Wright

Editor

Phil Reid

Cast

Andrew MacFarlane, Susan Haworth, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Wendy Hughes, Peter Carroll, Olivia Hamnett, Frank Gallacher, Ronald Lewis, Jonathan Hardy, Roger Oakley, Carol Burns, Ronald Falk, Vera Plevnic

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

Crawfords Australia
Eaton Films

Production Company

Crawfords Australia

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