Murcheson Creek

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Murcheson Creek
Written by Robert Caswell
Directed by Terry Bourke
Starring Mark Edwards
Sandra Lee
Abigail
Rowena Wallace
Cornelia Frances
Music by Sven Libaek
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerRoss Hawthorn
CinematographyAlan Grice
EditorRon Williams
Running time73 minutes [1]
Production company Cash Harmon Productions
Release
Original release18 June 1976 (1976-06-18) (Sydney) [2]
25 June 1976 (1976-06-25) (Melbourne) [3]
1 October 1976 (1976-10-01) [4]

Murcheson Creek is a 1976 Australian television film which was a feature-length pilot for an unmade TV series. [5]

Contents

Premise

A young Sydney doctor returns to his home town in the outback and discovers his father is dead. He takes over his family practice.

Cast

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References

  1. "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 June 1976. p. 11.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 June 1976. p. 15.
  3. "TV Guide". The Age. 25 June 1976. p. 18.
  4. "Channel 7". The Canberra Times . 1 October 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 8 August 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  5. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p108