16 May 1962
The Exterminating Angel
A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.
Bitter Springs
A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.
Top Billed Cast
Tommy Trinder Tommy
Chips Rafferty Wally King
Gordon Jackson Mac
Jean Blue Ma King
Michael Pate Trooper
Charles Tingwell John King
Nonnie Piper Emma King
Nicky Yardley Charlie
Henry Murdoch Black Jack
Steve Dodd Aborigine (uncredited)
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