"He's an outback legend - a tough, dogged giant of a man . . . and this is his story." 05 May 1954 Factual 65 mins
This 1954 classic follows an outback mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track.
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Tom Kruse as Self
William Henry Butler as Self
Old Joe the Rainmaker as Self
The Oldfields Of Etadunna as Themselves
Bejah as Self
John Heyer Director
Australia 05 May 1954
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09 December 1954
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18 July 1954
Having cured the local café owner, Diogène Leguignon becomes convinced that he is a healer and possesses the fluid.
29 December 1954
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.
15 March 1954
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayman' on the road and holds up a cyclist; the gun goes off, killing the cyclist.
15 January 1954
A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
26 April 1954
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
20 July 1954
Southern California teenagers join the Mobilgas "Safety and Economy" competition, driving from the Los Angeles area to the Inland Empire, the desert, to Las Vegas, Nevada and Hoover Dam, then back home again.
16 March 1954
Only a British cabdriver's (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O'Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.
04 November 1954
Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink melodrama: young widow suffers everything life can throw at her.
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