Dimboola (1973 film)

Dimboola
Directed byDavid Williamson
Ross Dimsey
Jack Hibberd
Written byJack Hibberd
Based onDimboola by Jack Hibberd
Produced byRoss Dimsey
StarringBruce Spence
Peter Cummins
CinematographyEric Lomas
Edited byTim Lewis
Music byLorraine Milne
Production
companies
Filmcore/A.P.G.
Pram Factory Pictures Melbourne
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Dimboola is a 1973 TV play. It is a filmed recording of a performance of Jack Hibberd's play of the same name by the Australian Performing Group at The Pram Factory in Melbourne.

Cast

  • Bruce Spence as Morrie McAdam, the groom
  • Fay Mokotow as Reen, the bride
  • Wilfred Last as Darkie, the bride's father
  • Rosslyn de Winter as June, the bride's mother
  • Tim Robertson as Knocka, the groom's father
  • Jan Friedl as Florrie, the groom's mother
  • Charles Kemp as the Very Reverend Patrick O'Shea
  • Robert Meldrum as Leonard Radish, reporter
  • Evelyn Krape as Astrid, the flower girl
  • Peter Cummins as Horrie McAdam, uncle of the groom
  • Jude Kuring as Mavis McAdam, aunt of the groom
  • Eileen Chapman as Aggie McAdam, spinster cousin
  • Bill Garner as Dangles, the best man
  • Kerry Dwyer as Shirl, the bridesmaid
  • Jack Charles as Mutton
  • Max Gillies as Bayonet

Production

The film was shot during an actual performance at the Pram Factory, Carlton, Melbourne on the evening of 22 May 1973. It was later filmed as a 1979 feature, with Bruce Spence reprising his role as the groom.