Cat. No. DVDM 2029: BITTER SPRINGS ~ CHIPS RAFFERTY / JEAN BLUE / CHARLES 'BUD' TINGWELL / TOMMY TRINDER / MICHAEL PATE. STUDIOCANAL / UMBRELLA DAVID 3154.

STANDARD FRAME 4:3. AUDIO: DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 STEREO.
FORMAT: PAL             REGION: 4.
BLACK & WHITE          RUNNING TIME: 83 MINS.

REVIEW: An outback tale where ambition and power is tested by ideas of land ownership, Bitter Springs tells the story of Wally King (Chips Rafferty) – a 20th century settler destined to make go of life on the land. Travelling some 900 kilometres to outback South Australia with his family, wife Ma (Jean Blue), children Emma and John (Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell), as well as friends Tommy (Tommy Trinder) and Mac (Gordon Jackson). Wally establishes himself on the land he had bought from the government, only to learn it is shared by a tribe of indigenous people. Despite warnings from the local Trooper (Michael Pate), the bigoted King threatens the tribe, who depend on the water located on what has become the family’s property.

With relations deteriorating between the landowner and the people of the land, it is only a matter of time before violence rears its ugly head. And when family falls in the firing line, Wally is faced with a sudden dilemma of survival and co-habitation in an otherwise unforgiving land.

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