Outbreak of Hostilities

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Outbreak of Hostilities
Directed byDavid Copping
Written by Ron McLean
Produced byRon McLean
Starring George Mallaby
Cornelia Frances
Production
company
Ron McLean Productions
Release dates
  • 1981 (1981)
  • 1985 (1985)(video)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Outbreak of Hostilities is a 1981 Australian film set prior to the beginning of World War II. [1]

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 118