Spit MacPhee | |
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Genre | Mini-series |
Written by | Moya Wood |
Directed by | Marcus Cole |
Starring | John Mills Phillip Hancock John Bach Elspeth Ballantyne Rebecca Smart Ray Meagher |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producer | Noel Price |
Running time | 4 x 1 hours |
Original release | |
Network | Nine Network |
Release | 10 May – 13 May 1988 |
Spit MacPhee is a 1988 Australian mini-series set in the 1930s. It is based on the novel by James Aldridge. [1]
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