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Release Date:
December 20, 1979
Original Title:
The Little Convict
Alternate Titles:
Toby And The Koala Bear
Genres:
Animation | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Australian Film Commission
The Little Convict Syndicate
Yoram Gross Films
Production Countries:
Australia
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: G
Runtime: 76
In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga’s animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby’s sister, Polly.
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Animation Production Assistant:
Yolanta Pillich
Associate Producer:
Sandra Gross
Casting:
Richard Meikle
Costume Design:
Judith Dorsman
Director:
Yoram Gross
Director of Photography:
Brian Probyn
Editor:
Rod Hay
Makeup Artist:
Patricia Cunliffe
Josy Knowland
Music:
Bob Young
Music Arranger:
Bob Young
Painter:
Kim Craste
Post-Production Manager:
Rod Hay
Producer:
Yoram Gross
Production Manager:
Les White
Richard Meikle
Pyrotechnician:
Bob McCarron
Recording Supervision:
Phil Heywood
Phil Judd
Screenplay:
John Palmer
Sound Mixer:
Julian Ellingworth
Sound Recordist:
Laurie Napier
Phil Judd
David McConnachie
Story:
Yoram Gross
Storyboard Artist:
Laurie Sharpe
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