Relatives (1985 film)

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Relatives
Directed by Anthony Bowman
Written byAnthony Bowman
Produced by Henri Safran
Basil Appleby
Starring Jeanie Drynan
Bill Kerr
Ray Barrett
Rowena Wallace
Norman Kaye
Alyson Best
Brett Climo
Michael Aitkens
Production
company
Archer Films
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Relatives is a 1985 Australian film about a family reunion. [1] [2]

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References

  1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p318
  2. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p129