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The Hobby Horse (film)

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Directed by
  
William Sterling

Based on
  
play by Robert Wales

Country
  
Australia

Director
  
William Sterling

Screenplay
  
Robert Wales

Written by
  
Robert Wales

Release date
  
10 May 1962

Language
  
English

Running time
  
1 hour

Production company
  
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Hobby Horse is a 1962 Australian television play which aired on ABC. Broadcast live, it was a drama set on a grazing property in northern New South Wales about a rodeo rider.

Contents

It was one of a series of six Australian plays produced by the ABC in 1962. The others were:

  • Boy Round the Corner
  • The House of Mancello
  • Funnel Web
  • The Teeth of the Wind
  • Jenny
  • Plot

    Billy Brocknell gets a job breaking horses on a large property. His former wife, Margaret, is now married to the older property owner.

    Cast

  • Wynn Roberts - Billy
  • Lynn Flanagan - Margaret
  • Ken Goodlet
  • Douglas Kelly
  • Neil Curnow
  • Bill Bannett
  • Rose Du Clos
  • Carole Potter
  • Ron Pinnell
  • David Mitchell
  • Beris Sullivan
  • Production

    It was written by Robert Wales, a Scotsman who had worked for a number of years in Australia.

    References

    The Hobby Horse (film) Wikipedia