Halfway to Nowhere

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Halfway to Nowhere
Based on Halfway to Anywhere
by Norman Lindsay
Written by Cliff Green
Directed by David Cahill
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Alan Burke
Running time60 mins
Original release
Release1972 (1972)

Halfway to Nowhere is a 1972 Australian TV play based on the coming-of-age story by Norman Lindsay. It was part of a series of five Lindsay adaptations on the ABC. [1]

Contents

Premise

Bill and Waldo, 16-year-old school boys, experiment with alcohol and women. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. "LINDSAY NOVELS ON TV". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 40, no. 9. 2 August 1972. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "The Last of Linsday". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 November 1972. p. 42.