Naked Under Capricorn

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Naked Under Capricorn
Based onNaked Under Capricorn
by Olaf Ruhen
Written by Peter Yeldham
Directed byRob Stewart
Starring Nigel Havers
Noni Hazlehurst
David Gulpilil
John Jarratt
John Stanton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 2 hours
Production
ProducerRay Alchin
Budget$4.2 million [1]
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release17 September (1989-09-17) 
18 September 1989 (1989-09-18)

Naked Under Capricorn is a 1989 Australian mini series about a young man lost in the Australian desert. [1]

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Lee Robinson tried to get the rights to the book in the 1950s but it was optioned by MGM. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p216
  2. Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.