14 Aug 1998
Slums of Beverly Hills
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
The Battlers
Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.
Top Billed Cast
Gary Sweet Snow
Jacqueline McKenzie Dancy Grimshaw
Marcus Graham The Busker
Peter Stonham Jimmy
Richard Piper Apostle
Amanda Cross Millie
Anne Phelan Ma Tyrell
John Dick Deafy
Liz Windsor Mrs. Marks
Jamie Black Charlie
Madeleine Blackwell Molly
Roger Newcombe Burning Angus
Walter Brown Courtney
Peter Douglas Derek
Henry Salter Uncle Shamus
Todd Telford Policeman
Jim Morrissey Sergeant
Russell Bedford Policeman
Paul Coulson Policeman
Steve Adams Policeman
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