The Hobby Horse (film)

The Hobby Horse
Directed by William Sterling
Written by Robert Wales
Based on play by Robert Wales
Production
company
Release date
 10 May 1962
Running time
 60 mins
Country Australia
Language English

The Hobby Horse is a 1962 Australian television play which aired on ABC. Broadcast live,[1] it was a drama set on a grazing property in northern New South Wales about a rodeo rider.

It was one of a series of six Australian plays produced by the ABC in 1962.[2] The others were:

Plot

Billy Brocknell gets a job breaking horses on a large property. His former wife, Margaret, is now married to the older property owner.

Cast

  • Wynn Roberts - Billy
  • Lynn Flanagan - Margaret
  • Ken Goodlet
  • Douglas Kelly
  • Neil Curnow
  • Bill Bannett
  • Rose Du Clos
  • Carole Potter
  • Ron Pinnell
  • David Mitchell
  • Beris Sullivan

Production

It was written by Robert Wales, a Scotsman who had worked for a number of years in Australia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 10 May 1962.
  2. ↑ "Young Star's Work". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Robert Wales". Austlit.


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