A Fortunate Life
Four part biopic about classic Australian author A.B. Facey (1894-1982). Born in a large impoverished family, uneducated and illiterate, he had to fend for himself since he was eight, and as a recruit in WWI, he was sent to Gallipoli.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Bill Kerr
Narrator
Dorothy Alison
Grandma Carr
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Dale Randall
Roy Facey
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John Ley
Eric Facey
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Dominique Sweeney
Bert
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Dominique Sweeney
Bert (18 years)
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Anthony Richards
Bert (9 years)
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Benedict Sweeney
Bert (14 years)
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Pat Bishop
Alice McCall
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Paul Sonkkila
Archie McCall
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Jeffrey Rhoe
Jock McKay