Act of Necessity

Act of Necessity
Directed by Ian Munro
Produced by Pamela Williams
Written by Pamela Williams
Starring Angie Milliken
Mark Owen-Taylor
Wendy Strehlow
Music by Nigel Westlake
Cinematography Steve Windon
Production
company
Distributed by ABC
Release date
8 May 1991
Running time
90 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Act of Necessity is an Australian 1991 television movie about a couple who believe their daughter's cancer is caused by chemicals.[1]

Synopsis

A couple, Louise (Angie Milliken) and Ben Coleman (Mark Owen-Taylor), discover their eight-year-old daughter, Samantha (Loren Hewett), has leukaemia. But this is not the only case of cancer in this small country town in the cotton belt, where clouds of chemicals hang over the town and contaminate the water. The couple confronts government departments, chemical companies and the cotton growers.[1]

Cast

  • Angie Milliken as Louise Coleman
  • Mark Owen-Taylor as Ben Coleman
  • Wendy Strehlow as Cressa Buchanan
  • Tim McKenzie as Brian Buchanan
  • Loren Hewett as Samantha Coleman
  • Stephen Grives
  • Kris Graves
  • Scott McGregor

References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p3
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