''Moving On'' is a 1974 Australian film about a sheep farmer George Collier who moves to a county town. It was made by
Film Australia
Film Australia was a company established by the Government of Australia to produce films about Australia in 1973. Its predecessors were the Cinema and Photographic Branch (1913–38), the Australian National Film Board (1939–1955, under diffe ...
to help draw attention to the problems the rural poor.
''Moving On''
at National Film and Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...
Cast
*Ewen Solon as George Collier
*Kay Taylor as Elizabeth Collier
*Ken Shorter
Ken Shorter (born -1947), also credited as Kenneth Shorter. is an Australian actor best known for playing the title role in the biker film ''Stone'' (1974), and ''You Can't See 'round Corners'' (1969).>
Television appearances include '' Skippy ...
as Alan
*Lyndell Rowe as Anne
*Carole Yelland as Pauline
*Brian Anderson as Ron
*Michaelle Brooker as Margaret
*Jonathan Hardy as Anne's boyfriend
*jeff Ashby as city man
*Bruce Spence
Bruce Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand–Australian actor. Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre.
Biography
Spence won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy ...
as road worker
*Roger Ward
Roger Ward (born 1936) is an Australian actor who has had a considerable career in film and television, noted for "tough guy" roles in which he often did his own stunts.
Biography
Ward was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1936.
His car ...
as sotcik agent
* John Fegan as unemployed grower
*Robert McDarra as financier
*Carole Ashby
Carole Ashby (born 24 March 1955 in Cannock, Staffordshire) is an English actress and pinup girl. She appeared as a glamour girl in the British news media during the 1970s.
Career
In 1972, Ashby was named "Britain's most glamorous schoolgirl." A ...
Release
The film was widely distributed through non-theatrical film libraries in Australia and screened on television in January 1974. The writer won an award with the Australian Writers Guild.[Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p274]
References
External links
''Moving On''
at IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
''Moving On''
at Oz Movies
Australian drama films
1970s English-language films
1974 films
1974 drama films
1970s Australian films
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